Suspect in custody in fatal stabbing near University of Minnesota

A male acquaintance of the victim was taken into custody, Minneapolis police said. The two are not believed to be students.

August 26, 2016 at 5:53PM
Investigators from the Minneapolis Police Department crime lab documented evidence around the car where a stabbing took place in Dinkytown Thursday night.
Investigators from the Minneapolis Police Department crime lab documented evidence around the car where a stabbing took place Thursday night in Dinkytown, near the University of Minnesota. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

A man was in custody in the fatal stabbing of another man Thursday evening in the Dinkytown neighborhood of Minneapolis, according to police.

The victim, who police believe was known to his attacker, was found suffering from stab wounds in a Honda sedan at 13th and University avenues SE. just after 7:30 p.m., according to police spokesman Corey Schmidt.

The victim was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center, where he died.

Officers arrested a suspect at the scene, Schmidt said.

The motive is under investigation, but the two were friends or acquaintances, he said. They are not believed to have been students at the nearby University of Minnesota.

While classes at the university don't begin until Sept. 6, many students who have already moved into the area were out and about there Thursday evening. Several watched investigators work at the cordoned-off scene.

Police interviewed several witnesses at the scene.

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The victim was found with stab wounds in a Honda at 13th and University avenues SE. just after 7:30 p.m. Thursday, according to police spokesman Corey Schmidt.
The victim was found with stab wounds in a Honda at 13th and University avenues SE. just after 7:30 p.m. Thursday, according to police spokesman Corey Schmidt. (Vince Tuss — Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Minneapolis police were investigating after a male was found stabbed to death in a car near 13th and University Avenues SE. on Thursday night.
Minneapolis police were investigating after a male was found stabbed to death in a car near 13th and University Avenues SE. on Thursday night. (Vince Tuss — Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Investigators from the Minneapolis Police Department crime lab documented evidence around the car where a stabbing took place in Dinkytown Thursday night. ] JEFF WHEELER ï jeff.wheeler@startribune.com Investigators worked the scene where a fatal stabbing took place in Dinkytown Thursday night, August 25, 2016 on 13th Ave. SE at University Ave.
Police documented evidence around the car near where the stabbing took place Thursday night. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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