Overnight Homicide Rattles Fredericksburg

Stabbing may have been result of drug dispute

A quiet Fredericksburg, Va., neighborhood was rattled by a fatal stabbing overnight.

Police went to the scene after reports of noise in the street just before midnight near the intersection of Charles and Pelham streets. They found 33-year-old Jermaine Samuel in the road suffering from multiple stab wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Witnesses helped put police on the trail of a suspect. About 10 minutes later they found 20-year-old Justin Brunell, of Fredericksburg.

He’s been charged with first-degree murder and is being held in Rappahannock Regional Jail under no bond.

Despite the arrest, Fredericksburg police spokeswoman Natatia Bledsoe said it remains an open investigation.

Officers do, however, believe the stabbing followed an argument between the suspect and victim over illegal narcotics.

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