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Police arrest 1 in deadly Nashville stabbing

Posted at 5:43 PM, Sep 05, 2019
and last updated 2019-09-05 18:43:23-04

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Police say an argument over a woman led to a deadly stabbing in East Nashville.

It happened Wednesday night on the 2500 block of Bethwood Drive.

Metro Nashville Police officials say 24-yer-old Deondre Sanders stabbed and killed 27-year-old Cedric Thompson.

Officers found Thompson dead his parked car with a stab wound to his upper body.

A witness reported seeing two men run from Thompson’s vehicle, leaving in a white sedan, possibly a Honda Accord.

Officers arrested Sanders the next day, charging him with criminal homicide.