Crazed star YouTube bodybuilder, 25, repeatedly stabs 24-year-old woman he met on Tinder, then DIES after police tase him
- A 25-year-old bodybuilder died late Thursday after he was tased by police
- Erich Stelzer repeatedly stabbed his 24-year-old unidentified Tinder date
- Stelzer became unresponsive and stopped breathing when police tased him
- The victim was treated for severe injuries. Police said she will likely lose her eye
- It’s unclear what transpired between the pair before the brutal slashing
- The pair recently linked up on the popular hook-up dating app, Tinder
A 25-year-old YouTube bodybuilder from Massachusetts died late Thursday after he was tased by police who found him violently stabbing a woman he met on Tinder inside his home.
Cohasset police arrived to Erich Stelzer’s home around 10pm when they said he repeatedly slashed his 24-year-old unidentified date in the face with a knife.
District Attorney spokesperson Peggie Krippendorf said in a statement: ‘In an effort to rescue the victim and disarm Stelzer, Cohasset police pfficers used tasers to subdue Stelzer.’
Stelzer became unresponsive soon after the tasing, and stopped breathing while being transported to the hospital.
Erich Stelzer, who has frequently posted videos to YouTube of his fitness routine, stabbed a 24-year-old unidentified woman he met on Tinder late Thursday. The bodybuilder later died after he was tased by police
The victim, meanwhile, was treated for severe injuries. Police said she will likely lose her eye.
A source told WBZ-TV that Stelzer was in an ‘altered mental state’ or suffering a ‘possible mental health issue’ at the time of the domestic violence incident.
His neighbor, Fred Siegel, told the local station: ‘It’s unfortunate you never want to see anybody get hurt and you certainly don’t want to see someone die over something.
The horrific incident happened at Stelzer’s home in Cohasset, Massachusetts
Police arrived to the home around 10pm Thursday after they received a call about a ‘disturbance’
‘It’s unfortunate that it happened and who knows why it happened.’
It’s currently unclear what transpired between the two before the brutal slashing that occurred just two days after Christmas.
The pair recently linked up on the popular hook-up dating app, Tinder.
The District Attorney’s office has not given word on a possible motive for the stabbing.
Further investigation is now underway.
Stelzer is pictured in one of his YouTube videos last year titled ‘Chest Day Baby!!!’
He is seen in another video for his fitness channel lifting weights