PHOENIX — A portion of Indian School Road was blocked near Interstate 17 on Friday morning due to a stabbing investigation at a nearby hotel.
Phoenix police say officers were first called to the area of 27th Avenue and Indian School Road around 4:20 a.m. when they were alerted about an aggravated assault.
A man, identified as 40-year-old Christian Fonseca, was found in the area with stab wounds and was taken to a hospital in extremely critical condition and later died.
Officers were then directed to a hotel, where the suspect, identified as 59-year-old Donald Coleman, was located and detained.
Phoenix police officials say that based on witness statements, video evidence, and other information, detectives learned that Coleman was cornered and assaulted by Fonseca and three other unidentified men. During the assault, detectives say the suspect stabbed Fonseca.
Police say Coleman was not arrested on homicide charges for stabbing and killing Fonseca; however, he had an outstanding out-of-state warrant for homicide and was booked into jail on that warrant.
The investigation remains ongoing.
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