(Michigan City, IN) - Charges have been filed in connection with a Michigan City stabbing over the weekend.
Tylor Snyder, 28, is charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery, battery by means of a deadly weapon and criminal recklessness.
Snyder is accused of stabbing Javier Mendoza in the stomach, back and shoulder.
Police said the victim was also sliced on the back of his neck.
According to court documents, Mendoza told investigators he confronted Snyder for stealing from him a bag of shaving razors he found behind First Presbyterian Church at 121 W. 9th St.
Mendoza said they were fighting when Snyder began stabbing him with a knife, according to court documents.
Snyder was soon located on foot in the area of Wabash St. and W. 7th St. with a machete and hatchet in a back pack on his possession.
According to court documents, Snyder told police Mendoza took a swing at him while holding a knife.
Snyder said he grabbed the knife after it fell out of Mendoza’s hand and stabbed him with it multiple times.
Mendoza after taken to Franciscan Health was airlifted to Memorial Hospital in South Bend.
If convicted, Snyder could face a sentence of up to 40-years or more.
He’s being held in the La Porte County Jail on $100,000 bond.
