A 21 year old San Francisco State University student was stabbed to death and two others suffered life-threatening injuries at a party in Santa Rosa that erupted in violence early Saturday.

Benjamin Herbert Floriani, was found dead on the living-room floor of the Blair Place apartment at around 1:09 a.m. Saturday morning. Two others at the party were hospitalized with severe injuries during what witnesses described as a boisterous party at the complex near West Ninth Street.  The fight took place at 722 Blair Place.

Two Santa Rosa men were arrested in connection with the stabbing. Alex Paul Hopper (above left), 20, was booked into Sonoma County Jail on suspicion of murder, and Noah H. Minuskin (above right), 19, is being held as an accessory.

Floriani, who police believe was a guest at the party, was killed after a fight broke out.

Two people were transported by ambulance to hospitals shortly after police arrived.

Banayat said the injuries were life-threatening and that the identities of the victims were being withheld because the case is still under investigation.

One other person was treated for injuries and released.

Blood had dried on the walkway to the front door Saturday afternoon, indicating the possible extent of injuries, said neighbor Carlos Ojeda.

“There’s too much blood,” Ojeda said as crime scene investigators took pictures and collected evidence behind police tape.

“It’s all over the steps, the walls and the door,” Ojeda said.

Investigators were questioning neighbors and witnesses.

Neighbors said two women and several children lived in the tan, single-story apartment, where as many as 50 people gathered late Friday night.

A neighbor who would not give his name said he returned from a trip to Petaluma around 11:30 p.m. and heard yelling coming from the apartment.

He went to sleep, only to be awakened a few hours later by police going door to door with the news of the slaying.

“I heard loud arguing inside the fence,” the neighbor said.

Others said they were shocked to hear that someone was killed in the normally quiet neighborhood.

“I am very upset,” said April Shipman, who lives across the street. “I couldn’t even sleep last night.”