SURPRISE, AZ — Surprise police are investigating a death near 113th Avenue and Bell Road on Tuesday.
Air15 video from the scene showed a large church parking lot blocked off by police tape.
Police say they were first called to the scene Tuesday around 6 a.m. for reports of a person lying in the parking lot of the church. When officers arrived, they found 28-year-old Tyrone Lee Wetzler with multiple stab wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators learned that Wetzler and two others, who were known transients in the area, were allowed to stay on the church grounds. A woman who was with Wetzler, 32-year-old Kahpri Wells, said she had gotten into a fight with him and admitted to stabbing him before fleeing the scene.
Wells was booked into jail for first-degree murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Anyone with additional information about the incident is asked to contact police at 623-222-8477.
