Cops: Copiague man charged with murder in Monday fatal stabbing
The scene in Copiague of a fatal stabbing Monday in which Suffolk Police said they have arrested a resident of the hamlet on a second-degree murder charge.
Credit: Paul Mazza
A Copiague man is facing a murder charge in connection with the fatal stabbing Monday night of another man in the hamlet, Suffolk Police said late Wednesday.
Gherson Lopez, 28, was arrested and charged Wednesday night with second-degree murder for allegedly stabbing Jose Argueta-Canales, 30, of Copiague, to death, according to police.
Argueta-Canales was found about 7:40 p.m. Monday on the ground next to a deli on Barcellona Place and pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Lopez, was taken into custody at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Copiague, police said. He was being held overnight at the Suffolk Police Third Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday at First District Court in Central Islip.
Detectives ask anyone with information on the case to call the Homicide Squad at 631-852-6392 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.
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