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UPDATED: Fort Wayne Police investigate fatal stabbing

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO): The Allen County Coroner has identified the victim of the stabbing that occurred early Sunday morning.

25-year-old Roderick Patterson died of a stab wound in the chest.  His manner of death is homicide.

Patterson is the 13th homicide in Allen County for 2021.

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A stabbing incident in southeast Fort Wayne early Sunday morning has left one man dead and investigators searching for leads.

Police were called just before 4:00 A.M. to a home in the 2400 block of Trentman Avenue near Oxford Street after a man arrived at that residence with stab wounds. He was transported by medics in critical condition and later died at the hospital.

Officials say that their preliminary investigation shows that the man was stabbed somewhere else and ended up at the home where he was found. No further details were released. Police are asking anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers or report information via the P-3 App.

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