Arrest Made In Random Rittenhouse Sq. Stabbing: Report

A suspect has been arrested in connection with the early-morning stabbing of a young Bucks County man in Rittenhouse Square, NBC10 reported.

The violent scene unfolded in Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square early Sunday morning, when a 24-year-old man from Bucks County was randomly attacked and killed as he walked with friends, authorities said.

The suspect is described as a homeless veteran. His name has not yet been released.

Police say the victim, who has been identified as a Bucks County man, was walking with friends around 3 a.m. when a man he did not know approached him and stabbed him in the abdomen.

Police told NBC10 that the preliminary investigation indicated the stabbing was random and that robbery was not the motive.

A brief struggle ensued and the suspect, whose name was not released, fled the scene. The victim was rushed to Hahnemann University Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

The victim's identity has not yet been released.