59-year-old man fatally stabbed in Wilmington's Price Run neighborhood Tuesday night

Hannah Edelman, Delaware News Journal
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A 59-year-old man was fatally stabbed in Wilmington's Price Run neighborhood Tuesday night, according to the Wilmington Police Department.

He has been identified by police as Ernest Peterson.

Police said they were called to the 2200 block of N. Pine St. near Brown-Burton Winchester Park at 8:31 p.m. There, they said they found Peterson injured. He was taken to the hospital, where he later died.

Wilmington police investigate a stabbing on the 2200 block of N. Pine St., reported shortly after 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023.
Wilmington police investigate a stabbing on the 2200 block of N. Pine St., reported shortly after 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023.

The entrances to a few homes were closed off with yellow tape while police investigated Tuesday night.

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On Thursday morning, Wilmington police announced they arrested 59-year-old Dover woman Renee Mosley at the scene on Tuesday night. Police said they believe the stabbing was "domestic in nature."

Wilmington police investigate a stabbing on the 2200 block of N. Pine St., reported shortly after 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023.
Wilmington police investigate a stabbing on the 2200 block of N. Pine St., reported shortly after 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023.

Mosley has been charged with first degree murder and possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony. She was incarcerated at Delores J. Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution on a $2 million cash bail.

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