Crime & Safety
Man Arrested In Rockville Fatal Stabbing: Police
Jaime Havier Lee, 40, is accused of fatally stabbing 36-year-old Cornelius Lyon in Rockville on Saturday.
ROCKVILLE, MD — Montgomery County police have arrested a man they say fatally stabbed another man in Rockville on Saturday afternoon.
Authorities allege Jaime Havier Lee, 40, of an unconfirmed address, stabbed 36-year-old Cornelius Lyon, also of an unconfirmed address, following an altercation inside an apartment on Lenmore Avenue.
Authorities first received a call about an injured person in the 100 block of Frederick Ave. around 12:50 p.m. Frederick Avenue is near Lenmore Avenue, where police say the altercation took place.
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When officers arrived, they found Lyon dead. Police said they found a number of stab wounds on his body.
Lyon's remains were taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore for an autopsy.
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It is unclear what Lee and Lyon were fighting about, but police said there were a number of victims inside the apartment who witnessed the stabbing.
Soon after interviewing the witnesses, authorities found Lee and arrested him.
Lee was charged with first-degree murder, court records show, and is scheduled to appear in court on June 26.
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