PHOENIX — A 22-year-old woman was arrested and a 25-year-old man was detained after a stabbing left a 20-year-old man dead and two teenagers injured on Thursday.
Ladonna Hamilton was booked and charged with second-degree murder and aggravated assault for allegedly stabbing Willie Rias to death and injuring a 18- and 19-year-old during a fight in west Phoenix.
Phoenix Police Department spokesman Det. Luis Samudio said Hamilton and the unidentified 25-year-old man were detained after they fled the scene of the alleged stabbing in the area of 83rd Avenue and McDowell Road.
Hamilton and the man were found at a nearby apartment.
All three victims were transported to a hospital, where Rias was pronounced dead from his injuries. The other two victims sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
The investigation is ongoing.
