TULSA -- Police have identified the victim and suspect in a fatal stabbing in north Tulsa Wednesday morning.
Police responded to the scene on North Boston Place near East Tecumseh Street around 2:00 a.m. Wednesday.
When police arrived, they found 60-year-old Wade Warthen lying on the driveway with a stab wound to the abdomen.
According to police, Warthen was transported to the hospital where he later died.
Witness told police Warthen was inside a home when fight broke out between him and the suspect, Reginald Thompson, 62 (pictured below.) Thompson then allegedly stabbed Warthen.
Investigators say this incident is not related to an earlier stabbing on North Boston late Tuesday night.
This is Tulsa's 27th homicide of 2017.
TPD investigate a fatal stabbing on North Boston Place. This is Tulsa's 27th homicide in 2017. @KJRH2HD https://t.co/U5xFuQzbcp
— Gitzel Puente (@gitzelpuenteTV) May 10, 2017
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