MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — A person is dead and an 18-year-old in custody following a stabbing yesterday in Middletown.
Police said a person arrived at the Westfield Fire District fire department parking lot with multiple stab wounds. The victim was taken by Lifestar to a hospital but was later pronounced dead.
Police said they found the suspect, identified as 18-year-old Eugenio Vela, on Ridgewood Road. Vela suffered minor injuries during the incident and was taken to the hospital.
Officers said that Vela stabbed the victim inside the car while they were in the area of Ridgewood Road. He then got out of the car and walked away. The victim drove to the fire department where police found them.
Police said they found the weapon Vela used for the attack.
Vela was charged with murder, and two counts of violation of a protective order. He is being held on a $1 million bond and is scheduled to be in court on May 21.
Police said the homicide was deemed a domestic violence incident so the victim's name cannot be released at this time.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective J. Remotti of the Middletown Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit at 860-638-4132.
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