PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A man has died after he was stabbed during a fight earlier this week in north Phoenix, and police are searching for the suspect responsible.
Around 1 p.m. on Wednesday, officers were called to an apartment complex in the area of 28th Drive and Cactus Road, just west of Interstate 17. They soon found a man with serious injuries, who was rushed to the hospital.
He died a short time later. Police have since identified him as 32-year-old Steven Martin Salas.
Detectives believe Salas and an unknown suspect were fighting before it escalated into a stabbing. The suspect was gone before police arrived.
Anyone with information is asked to call Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS (480-948-6377) or 480-TESTIGO (480-837-8446) for Spanish speakers. You can also leave a tip at silentwitness.org.
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