Advertisement Watertown sword attack suspect: 'Call me God' 1 dead, 1 injured after Young Choi attacked with long sword Share Shares Copy Link Copy

Watertown police say a suspect killed one man and injured a second with a long sword Thursday evening. The incident happened at 4:48 p.m. in a boarding house above Yanger's Bar on 4th Street.A criminal complaint charged Young Choi, 29, with first-degree intentional homicide in the death of Dustin Vanderheyden.Court documents state that Young was a neighbor of Vanderheyden, and that residents said Choi had made "bizarre statements all week long about being God and that everyone was evil."Young also allegedly told Vanderheyden's wife that he wanted to be with her, but she said that was not possible. Investigators said that Choi allegedly told her that he would "get a sword and stab him."When police were called to the boarding house Thursday, a caller stated someone with a long sword had injured two people. When officers arrived, they found Young concealed at the top of a stairway leading to the apartments. A negotiator was brought in, and Choi eventually surrendered to police.Once police had access to the apartments, they found Vanderheyden with a stab wound to the abdomen. Doctors said he died during surgery and could not be revived.A second man, David Gerard, lived on the first floor of the building. He told officers he heard yelling and went upstairs to find Choi standing over Vanderheyden "hitting him with what appeared to be a big stick."The complaint said Gerard attempted to grab the stick and then realized it was a sword. He was treated for injuries to his hand.During police questioning, Choi said that officers could call him "God," and that he did not feel bad about the stabbing. Investigators said Choi told them "the universe (made) him do what he had to do."According to the criminal complaint, Choi told investigators that "Dustin dying was not necessarily the goal of the quest of the assignment, but rather it was fate and destiny."Choi made his initial court appearance Friday afternoon.