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Man dead from stab wound in south Phoenix, police say

Officers responded to a shooting call on W Watkins Street but found a man with a stab wound at the home.

PHOENIX — A man is dead after he was found with a stab wound at a home in south Phoenix, Phoenix police said. 

Officers were called to a home on W Watkins Street, near 63rd Avenue, in reference to a shooting. When they arrived they learned a man was injured in the home but the occupants refused to come out, police said. Officers were able to communicate with the people in the home, who eventually came outside. 

Officers found the man, who was suffering from a stab wound and not a gunshot wound, and took him to a nearby fire station for aid but the man died from his injuries, Phoenix police said. 

Officers were able to detain people they believe are involved in the stabbing. Homicide detectives are investigating the crime. 

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