911 call about blood leaking from ceiling leads to discovery of murder victim in bathtub who was stabbed, shot

Colton Shaffer murder arrest

Colton Shaffer is facing a second-degree murder charge after police found a man in a bathtub who was shot and stabbed to death, police in Utica, New York, said. (Oneida County Jail)

A person in Utica, New York, called 911 on Saturday after seeing what appeared to be blood leaking from the apartment ceiling.

Officers responded to the apartment and discovered it was, in fact, blood dripping from the ceiling to the floor, the Utica Police Department said in a press release. The officers went upstairs to the apartment above to conduct a welfare check on the people inside. They knocked and announced themselves and a man came out “covered in blood,” police said. He immediately locked the door behind him and he was taken into custody as officers investigated further.

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