MILWAUKEE — A 21-year-old Milwaukee man has been charged after allegedly randomly stabbing two people at a Milwaukee park.
Santos Perez-Calderon was charged Monday with substantial battery by use of a dangerous weapon, physical abuse of a child, and two counts of bail jumping.
The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) Patrol Division responded to Milwaukee's Pulaski Park on the evening of Wednesday, April 22 after receiving reports of a stabbing.
A 13-year-old male and a 19-year-old male both suffered stab wounds. The 13-year-old was stabbed in the back of his neck and shoulder, and the 19-year-old was stabbed in his right arm.
According to the victims, Perez-Calderon, unprovoked, approached the 13-year-old, who was sitting on a park bench next to the basketball court, and stabbed him.
The older victim and another unidentified person came to help the younger victim. One of the victims who tried to help the younger victim also had a knife and may have stabbed the suspect in the leg during the scuffle.
Milwaukee Police Department officers located Perez-Calderon running from the park and detained him.
Perez-Calderon had suffered what appeared to be a fresh stab wound to his right leg and had suffered a skull fracture.
Officers treated his injury with a tourniquet before taking him into custody and transferring him to an area hospital for treatment. He also had a Leatherman-style knife and a makeshift tinfoil explosive on him.
If convicted of all charges, Perez-Calderon faces more than 20 years in prison.
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