A man was stabbed to death with a kitchen knife inside of a home in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia Saturday night, police said.
The 56-year-old man was stabbed once in the chest while visiting with friends on the 400 block of Seville Street shortly before 8 p.m., officers said.
According to Philadelphia Police Inspector D. F. Pace, a neighbor on the block had invited three friends over. At some point, one the guests, a 52-year-old man, stabbed the 56-year-old with a large kitchen knife.
Police and medics attempted life-saving measures, however, the victim was pronounced dead in the home, Pace said.
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Witnesses told police they don't understand why the violence broke out.
"We do not have a motive," Pace told NBC10 at the scene. "There was no argument. Just appeared there were four friends over, spending a Saturday night together, when one of them decided to stab another with a knife, killing him on location."
Police said when they arrived the suspect was over victim's body, trying to talk to him.
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The witnesses identified the 52-year-old man as the suspect and he was taken into custody, Pace said.
Entering Sunday, there were at least 257 homicides in Philadelphia this year, down 8% from the same time last year which was ultimately the deadliest in the city on record.
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