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GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Greeneville Police Department (GPD) has identified the victim and suspect in a fatal stabbing that occurred Thursday night.
According to the Greeneville Police Department, officers responded to the 100 block of North Sunset Boulevard around 9 p.m. regarding a stabbing.
Upon arrival, officers found an unresponsive male with upper body stab wounds, the GPD reported.
The man was taken to a nearby hospital, where he later died from his injuries. On Friday morning, the GPD identified the victim as 30-year-old Isaiah Q. Bowden of Blountville.
A suspect has been arrested, the GPD stated. The suspect was identified as Perry Schoolfield Jr., of Dewitt, Virginia.
Schoolfield has been charged with second-degree murder.
As of Friday, Schoolfield was being held in the Greene County Detention Center on a $600,000 bond. He is set to appear in court Friday morning.
According to the GPD, the motive for the fatal stabbing is still under investigation.
