HIALEAH, Fla. – One man is in custody after a verbal argument escalated into a deadly stabbing in Hialeah early Tuesday morning, according to police.
Sgt. Jose Torres, a Hialeah Police Department spokesperson, said officers were called to the 2400 block of West Sixth Court in the city’s Seminola neighborhood and arrived to find a man suffering a stab wound.
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Medics took the victim, 40-year-old Ebrys Leal, to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center for treatment, where he later succumbed to his injuries.
Police said they arrested Juan Junco, 21, for the crime.
Torres said Leal and Junco knew each other.