Ohio man allegedly killed victim with samurai sword after he asked for a cigarette

GREENVILLE, Ohio (TCN) — Police recently arrested a 48-year-old man accused of stabbing and killing a man after the victim asked for a cigarette.

According to the Greenville Police Department, on the night of Nov. 16, officers and fire personnel responded to a report of a stabbing on Walnut Street. The victim, 35-year-old Kyle Brown, was transported to Miami Valley Hospital and died from his injuries.

Police identified Matthew McKnight as the primary suspect and found him near the scene. One person told WHIO-TV that Brown asked for a cigarette before McKnight allegedly “just took some kind of samurai sword and stabbed him.” That witness, Sheila Horne, said Brown was homeless and “lived at the bridge.”

Horne told WHIO, “He pulled a knife on me before because I went over to ask for a cigarette, and I had to run.”

Brown and McKnight allegedly knew each other.

McKnight was arrested and booked into the Darke County Jail. The Darke County Prosecutor’s Office will review the case before filing charges.

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