RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Police in Raleigh have charged a man with murder after a stabbing victim died.
Police spokeswoman Laura Hourigan said in a news release Monday morning that 48-year-old Thomas Allen Scotland Sr. of Raleigh died from his stab wounds Sunday.
Hourigan said 56-year-old Ronnie Lee Simmons of Fuquay-Varina was initially charged with assault after the stabbing early Saturday. The charges were upgraded to murder after Scotland died.
It was not known if Simmons has an attorney yet.
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