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Times Square Dave & Buster's murder investigated

By FOX 5 NY Staff
Updated  May 2, 2022 8:24am EDT
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Arrest after deadly stabbing inside Times Square Dave & Buster's

A man has been arrested after a deadly stabbing inside of the Times Square Dave & Buster's.

NEW YORK - A man has been arrested and charged with murder after a fatal stabbing inside the Dave & Buster's location in Times Square.

The killing apparently happened after two strangers got into an argument over a prize for a game and it turned violent.

According to the NYPD, police responded to a 9-1-1 call of an assault in progress at around 10:44 p.m. on Saturday night.

When officers arrived, they found 39-year-old Allen Stanford of Washington Heights with a stab wound to his chest.

EMS also responded, and took the Stanford to St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Jesse Armstrong, 41, of Harlem, was arrested and charged with murder over Stanford's death.

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