WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Police are investigating a stabbing that left a man dead in West Palm Beach.
The fatal stabbing occurred early Thursday in the 1300 block of North Sapodilla Avenue.
West Palm Beach police spokesman Mike Jachles said a woman in her 20s stabbed a man in his 60s as he opened the door to his home.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
Jachles said the man and woman knew each other and had a relationship but didn't live together. He said the woman has been detained for questioning.
The circumstances leading to the stabbing remain under investigation.
Family members on the scene identified the victim as Ernest Jones, who is known in this neighborhood as "Uncle Red."
"It's a tragedy what happened," Kimberly Hall, Jones' friend, told WPTV. "He was an uncle to everybody, you know. He was family to everybody. Anybody that needed anything like water, food, you know, he always, he was always there for the community."
Jachles said the stabbing was an isolated incident and police are not searching for any more suspects. The woman's identity has not been released.
"While we're not considering this a domestic relationship at this point, there was some existing relationship," Jachles said. "Detectives are working to determine the extent of that relationship and how the man and woman knew each other and how that might have factored into the stabbing."
Those who knew Jones said he will be truly missed.
"If you needed anything, he was there for you," Hall said. "He (didn't) hesitate to give you the shirt off his back. If he could help you, he would help you, and that's all I got to say."
Police executed a search warrant later in the day to go inside the house to collect evidence.
