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Authorities Release Name Of Victim In Fatal New Year’s Eve Stabbing In Windom

January 02, 2025 Steve Schwaller

(Windom, MN) — Authorities are releasing the identity of a man who was stabbed to death in a southwestern Minnesota bar. Benjamin Matter of Windom was killed on New Year’s Eve at the Phat Pheasant Pub in Windom. A second man was wounded during the stabbing.

A suspect has been arrested and is being held in the Cottonwood County Jail on suspicion of first-degree murder, second-degree assault, and terroristic threats.