Gooler, who was behind Paulson, ran back to Paulson’s apartment on the same floor and said, “He stabbed me first,” the complaint said.īlood spurted from Paulson’s neck and shoulder area. They told police that Paulson, 49, was yelling, “Help, help, he stabbed me,” and “Help, I’m dying,” the complaint said. A woman and her adult child had called 911 to report Paulson knocking at their door, the complaint said. Mounds View police responded to the apartment building in the 7700 block of Silver Lake Road Northwest around 10:45 p.m. It was not clear whether he had an attorney. He has a lengthy criminal record including convictions for theft, domestic assault and terroristic threats, according to court records. Gooler, 51, was charged with two counts of second-degree murder. Stephen Edward Gooler said he and Perry David Paulson met on a gay phone chat line called MegaMates three days earlier and were “excited to see each other again,” according to a criminal complaint filed Monday in Ramsey County District Court.
Police found both men naked when they responded to a 911 call from a neighbor, charges said. A Minneapolis man has been charged with murder in the Thursday stabbing death of another man at the victim’s Mounds View apartment.
