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SALT LAKE CITY — A man who police say stabbed one of his three roommates and then lit another roommate's bedroom on fire was arrested early Saturday.
Farzad Navid, 21, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail for investigation of three counts of aggravated arson, aggravated burglary and aggravated assault.
About 1:20 a.m. Saturday, Salt Lake City police responded to a 911 call in the area of 1000 East and 400 South.
"Officers learned the suspect, a 22-year-old man, stabbed his roommate. The motive remains under investigation," police said in a prepared statement.
A police booking affidavit adds that Navid stabbed his roommate "several times including in the chest" but that the roommate was able to take the knife away from him. The victim then ran to another room where another roommate "was able to apply a makeshift tourniquet to (the victim's) leg and cover his other injuries with a towel to prevent him from bleeding out."
Navid "then poured a flammable substance down the stairs, which spilled into (a third roommate's) bedroom," the affidavit states. (That roommate) had to crawl out of his bedroom window to escape the fire."
Damage to the residence is minimal, according to police.
The man who was stabbed was taken to a local hospital with "serious" but non-life threatening injuries, police stated Saturday. Navid was also taken to a local hospital to be treated for undisclosed fire-related injuries.
While en route to the hospital, one of the ambulances was involved in a minor crash due to the weather, according to police. No additional injuries were reported.
Domestic violence resources
Help for people in abusive relationships can be found by contacting:
- Utah Domestic Violence Coalition: Utah's confidential statewide, 24-hour domestic violence hotline at 1-800-897-LINK (5465)
- YWCA Women in Jeopardy program: 801-537-8600
- Utah's statewide child abuse and neglect hotline: 1-855-323-DCFS (3237)
- National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233
