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Police ID victim, arrest suspect in fatal stabbing incident in Norfolk

Police found 48-year-old Samuel L. Wiggins of Norfolk stabbed to death in the middle of a street.

NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk police found a man stabbed to death in the street early Sunday morning.

Emergency dispatchers received a call about a man lying in the middle of the 3800 block of Bluestone Avenue around 5:55 a.m. That area is near First Baptist Church Lambert's Point.

First responders found the man with a serious stab wound. Medics pronounced him dead at the scene. 

Later Sunday, officials identified the victim as 48-year-old Samuel L. Wiggins of Norfolk. They're investigating his death as a homicide.

Norfolk Police Department said the suspect in Wiggins' death is 49-year-old Gregory E. McDonald of Norfolk. Officers said he was arrested Monday morning in Virginia Beach.

He's charged with second-degree murder.

If you have any information about this crime call 1-888-LOCK-U-UP or submit a tip at P3tips.com.

Credit: Norfolk Police Department
Police said Gregory E. McDonald, 49, stabbed Samuel Wiggins, 48, to death on November 3, 2019 in Norfolk, Va.

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