ROANOKE RAPIDS, North Carolina (WTVD) -- Authorities have arrested a 19-year-old in connection with a fatal stabbing in Roanoke Rapids Tuesday evening.
It happened around 6:15 p.m. at a home on Love Street.
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When officers arrived, they found a person with stab wounds to his lower extremities.
Police said the victim died from his injuries early Wednesday morning. His name has not been released at this time.
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Authorities have arrested 19-year-old Juan Gilberto Ellis of Roanoke Rapids and charged him with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury shortly after the incident.
Investigators have obtained a warrant for involuntary manslaughter.
Juan Gilberto Ellis (Roanoke Rapids Police Department)