Homicide Unit detectives this morning arrested Santos Tiquiram, 19, following Saturday’s 9:30 p.m. fatal stabbing of Alejandro Chama-Tum, 48, inside an apartment on Lebanon Pike.
A witness told detectives the two had an argument prior to the stabbing. Tiquiram and another man fled on foot.
Chama-Tum died at the scene.
Tiquiram was identified as the suspect and, through assistance from MNPD aviation, was located in the woods behind the apartment complex. He was taken into custody and, during an interview with detectives, confessed to stabbing Chama-Tum.
He is charged with criminal homicide and is being held in lieu of $500,000 bond.
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Santos Tiquiram, 19