SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Authorities Thursday publicly identified ahomeless man who was fatally stabbed last weekend in the East Village, allegedly by a fellow transient.
Patrol officers responding to a report of an assault found Francisco Morales, 41, lying mortally wounded in the roadway in the 100 block of 17th Street about 7:30 p.m. Sunday, according to the San Diego Police Department. The victim died at the scene.
The suspected assailant, 57-year-old Paul Bellow, was arrested near the site of the fatal stabbing.
"The preliminary information gathered was that Bellow entered a woman's tent (in the area), punched her, and then threatened to kill her while holding a knife to her throat," SDPD Lt. Jud Campbell alleged. "Shortly after that, he became involved in a physical altercation with (Morales)."
The fight between the two men allegedly ended when Bellow stabbed Morales to death, according to police.
Bellow was treated at a hospital for minor injuries before being booked into county jail on suspicion of murder, burglary, issuing criminal threats, and brandishing a weapon.
