A Saint Paul man is charged with stabbing his roommate in the abdomen during a drunken argument, then attempting to clean up the blood before officers arrived.

Tyron Montez Minor, 50 is charged in Ramsey County District Court with second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon causing substantial bodily harm and felony domestic assault.

According to the criminal complaint, police responded to the 400 block of Thomas Avenue shortly before midnight on March 21 on a report of a stabbing. Officers found the victim sitting on the staircase leading to the upper units with a trail of blood leading from the lower apartment. He had a stab wound to his abdomen and a laceration on his right forearm consistent with a defensive wound.