WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, Manhattan (PIX11) — A 29-year-old man is facing murder charges after police say he stabbed and killed a man during a verbal dispute in Washington Heights on Sunday morning.
The incident happened around 11:49 a.m. inside a shelter at 651 West 168th Street.
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Police say the victim, a 33-year-old man, was stabbed multiple times in the chest. EMS transported the victim to a hospital in critical condition, where he later died.
Police arrested Javed Tyghter, of Manhattan, on Sunday afternoon and charged him with murder.
The victim’s identity is being withheld pending family notification.
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