A 21-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of a co-worker during an argument, Tucson police say.
The incident happened at a business near South Campbell Avenue and East Ajo Way just after 6 a.m. Thursday, police said in a news release.
Officers found 40-year-old Carlos Jimenez mortally wounded. He was pronounced dead at the hospital, police said. Jimenez was stabbed at the unidentified business during an argument with a co-worker, Miguel Elian Martinez, 21, according to the news release.
Martinez fled after the stabbing, but was arrested a short time later without incident, police said. He was booked into the Pima County jail on suspicion of second-degree murder. Bond was set at $500,000.
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