RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - Rapid City police have arrested a suspect in a New Year’s Day homicide.
Authorities say the 26-year-old Rapid City man is a suspect in the fatal stabbing of 20-year-old Juan Legarda Jr., of Rapid City, about 2 a.m. Sunday.
Officers who responded to the disturbance found three injured people. Legarda was pronounced dead at the scene, and the other two were taken to a hospital with injuries not believed to be life-threatening.
The suspect was arrested on murder and aggravated assault counts as well as unrelated warrants. Formal charges were pending.
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