By Associated Press - Monday, May 29, 2017

PHOENIX (AP) - Phoenix police have identified a man they say fatally stabbed his mother during a family fight.

Police identified the suspect Monday as 42-year-old Olanzo Gomez. He’s being held on a murder charge and three counts of aggravated assault.

Police say 63-year-old Mercy Gomez is the victim. She died at hospital after police were called to the family’s south Phoenix home late Sunday morning.



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