A 30-year-old man was stabbed to death following an argument on Wednesday in Providence, Rhode Island, according to police.
Police told WJAR that 27-year-old Yomar Espada is in their custody after he allegedly stabbed William Sarimiento multiple times after they got into an argument inside a Sterling Avenue apartment. Sarimiento then walked out of the house through a back door and collapsed. He was taken to Rhode Island Hospital, where he later died.
Espada had reportedly been staying with Sarimiento for a few days before the stabbing occurred.
“Every time where there is a violent crime, particularly when it ends in a death and classified a murder, the immediate family and every life that life touched, and concern and heartbreak the neighborhood and communities feels is real,” Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said at a press conference Thursday. “We are doing everything we can to both hold the perpetrators of these crimes accountable but also to keep out neighborhood safe.”
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Police have not said exactly what charges Espada will face in connection with the fatal stabbing. They did say that he has a previous criminal history.
