CPD Makes Arrest In Overnight Fatal Stabbing

COLUMBUS, Ohio—A man was arrested and charged with murder after CPD said he stabbed a man multiple times.

NBC 4 reported with the FAST FACTS.

Just after midnight police were called to 1295 E. Columbus St. on a reported stabbing. 

When officers arrived, they found 58-year-old Larry Heard stabbed multiple times. 

Heard was transported to Grant Medical Center where he later died from his injures. 

The investigation revealed 41-year-old Arlest Flowers was on his porch at 996 Miller Ave. when an unknown male started shooting at him. 

Flowers ran into his house and exited several minutes later with a large kitchen knife, CPD said.

Flowers approached Heard, assuming he had something to do with the shooting, and stabbed him several times. 

Flowers was arrested and charged with murder.

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