Police: Suspect in custody following fatal stabbing in Mantua

Authorities say a suspect is in custody after a man was fatally stabbed early Saturday morning at a home in Mantua.

Officers responded to the 700 block of North 38th Street just before 7 a.m. and found a 54-year-old man was stabbed once in the upper torso.

The victim was transported to Penn Presbyterian Hospital where he died. 

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Police have not released information on the suspect or what caused the fatal stabbing.

The weapon believed to have been used in the stabbing was recovered by police.

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