Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\nA witness who also lived in the house in the Boulevard Heights neighborhood told police officers that \u201che had been consuming alcohol\u201d with Andres Perez and Pedrom Matom in his bedroom since about 1 a.m., on Sunday, according to the warrant. <\/p>\n
Since Perez and Matom wouldn\u2019t stop arguing, the witness said he asked them both to leave his bedroom near North 72nd Avenue and McKinley Street, according to the arrest warrant. <\/p>\n
Witnesses reported hearing \u201cwhat sounded like a physical altercation and a door slamming,\u201d seeing Matom \u201crun out\u201d of the house, and \u201cblood on the wall leading\u201d into Perez\u2019s bedroom, according to the warrant. <\/p>\n
A witness found Perez \u201cfaced down on the floor inside the bedroom bleeding from his arm and torso,\u201d a police officer wrote, according to the warrant. <\/p>\n
Police officers responded to the house at 7:45 a.m. on Sunday and found Matom nearby holding a Heineken beer, and wearing a white T-shirt that was stained with \u201ca significant amount of blood,\u201d according to police. <\/p>\n
A doctor pronounced Perez dead at about 8:25 a.m. on Sunday at the Memorial Regional Hospital, according to police officers. <\/p>\n
Matom allegedly \u201cshowed no emotion\u201d when police officers told him Perez was dead, according to the arrest warrant. <\/p>\n
Corrections held Matom without bond at the Broward County Main Jail on Monday afternoon in Fort Lauderdale, according to inmate records. <\/p>\n
Matom faced a charge of second-degree murder. Broward County Circuit Judge Frank Ledee was set to preside over the case. <\/p>\n
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