Man fatally stabbed in Phoenix after 'argument turned violent,' police said
A Phoenix man is dead after an "argument turned violent" near 19th Avenue and Beardsley Road on Thursday night, according to Phoenix Police Department.
Officers were sent to the area just after 5 p.m. They found a person injured and several witnesses to a reported stabbing.
The man believed to have stabbed the victim had left the area but was quickly found by police. He was detained without incident, said Sgt. Brian Bower with Phoenix Police Department. The suspect was later identified by police as 40-year-old Mitchel Dupoux.
The person stabbed was taken to a hospital where he died from his injuries.
Dupoux was booked into a Maricopa County jail and charged with second-degree murder, police said.
Reach breaking news reporter Haleigh Kochanski at hkochanski@arizonarepublic.com or on Twitter @HaleighKochans.
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This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Phoenix police arrest Mitchel Dupoux after man was fatally stabbed
