TULSA, Okla. - Police identified the 60-year-old woman stabbed to death Tuesday afternoon as Wanda Cooper.
It's Tulsa's 81st homicide for 2016.
Police say Jose Rivera-Chavez, 26, was arrested after allegedly stabbing a woman inside a hotel.
Police say the stabbing happened around 2:30 at the Extended Stay Inn on the 8500 block of East 41st Street.
According to police, the 60-year-old woman was stabbed inside her room on the bottom floor of the hotel.
After the stabbing, several witnesses chased down Rivera-Chavez and subdued him until police arrived.
Update: stabbing victim died at hospital. Tulsa recoded its 81st Homicide of 2016
Suspect in custody— Brian Miller KJRH (@Brian_Miller_TV) December 27, 2016
This is Tulsa's 81st homicide of 2016.
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