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Person stabbed to death identified as Cincinnati man
Kyle Nagel Staff Writers
DAYTON - The man stabbed to death early Wednesday, June 3, has been identified as 48-year-old Darrell Murphy.
Murphy, of Cincinnati, was stabbed after he got into an argument with Derrick Brooks, 49, at a home in the 300 block of Ashwood Avenue, Dayton police Lt. Robert Mannix said.
Police arrested Brooks several hours later when he returned to the scene, and he remains in the Montgomery County Jail, according to a police report.
Mannix said a woman living at the residence on Ashwood regularly provided meals for homeless people. The two men involved in the stabbing were at her home when a fight broke out some time after 1 a.m.
Mannix said Murphy asked the woman who provided meals for money, and Brooks became angry, saying the request for money was disrespectful. The two men argued, and one of them retrieved a butcher knife from the home’s kitchen and stabbed the other in the chest.
Police were called at 1:26 a.m., and when they arrived they found Murphy dead, Mannix said.
Mannix said Brooks had left the house, but returned while officers were on the scene. Witnesses identified Brooks as the attacker, and he was taken into custody.
Murphy is the city’s 18th homicide victim this year. You can check the status of the other 17 and those from 2008 by clicking here.
