Employee, customer attacked with hammer at Endless Summer Tanning in Loveland

A -year-old transient man attacked a Loveland Endless Summer Tanning employee with a hammer just before p m Tuesday injuring her and a customer according to the police department The man Kyle Behrens is facing two counts of attempted first degree murder with extreme indifference a class two felony first degree burglary with a deadly weapon a class three felony attempted first degree assault with a deadly weapon a class four felony third degree assault a class one misdemeanor second degree assault with a weapon a class four felony and first degree assault with a weapon a class three felony according to jail records Related Articles Northern Colorado home day care owner charged with child abuse Suspect arrested in arson of Charlie Kirk memorial at Loveland home Preliminary findings show that Behrens entered the tanning salon Madison Ave and at once attacked the -year-old employee inside repeatedly hitting her in the head with a hammer and knocking her to the floor a Loveland Police Department press release stated Behrens tried to barricade the entrance giving the employee time to flee into a nearby room with a customer but he used the hammer to break through and continued to assault the employee and the customer He also produced a knife Loveland Police Department deputies arrived within three minutes and arrested Behrens Both casualties received emergency healthcare care and are now in recovery according to the press release Behrens first court appearance is scheduled for a m Dec in th Judicial District Court in Fort Collins according to jail records Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day