Victim stabbed suspect with his own knife in self-defense during unprovoked Loveland hammer attack: Affidavit

LOVELAND, Colo. — A Loveland tanning salon employee was able to stab the suspect with his own knife to defend herself during an unprovoked attack that left her with life-threatening injuries , according to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by Denver7 Thursday.

The 21-year-old employee was hit 15 times in the head with a framing hammer during the violent attack that moved throughout the salon, the affidavit states.

According to the document, 20-year-old Kyle Mathew Behrens entered the Endless Summer Tanning Salon and Boutique just after 6:40 p.m. and immediately started striking an employee, who told police she had never met the suspect.

The attack continued into a hallway of the salon and into at least one open room, where Behrens continued to hit the victim with a hammer until “sh