1 dead, 1 in custody after stabbing in Tacoma, WA

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Tacoma police are investigating a homicide after a stabbing at an apartment building Thursday afternoon, police said. 

What we know:

Officers responded to an apartment building on South Jackson Avenue for a welfare check around 3:30 p.m.

When they arrived, they found the body of a man who had been stabbed. 

Investigators said during the investigation, detectives developed probable cause for the arrest of a 60-year-old suspect. He was taken into custody and booked into the Pierce County Jail for second-degree murder. 

Detectives are investigating the deadly stabbing as a homicide. 

The Source: Information in this story came from the Tacoma Police Department. 

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