NEW ORLEANS — An arrest has been made after a man was stabbed to death outside a New Orleans Walmart Tuesday night, police said.
36-year-old Marcus Connelly was detained following the fatal attack, which happened outside the Walmart on Tchoupitlous Street in the St. Thomas development neighborhood around 8 p.m., according to the initial New Orleans Police Department reports.
Connelly was detained around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday but was not immediately named as a suspect. However, he was later booked into the parish prison for second-degree murder.
The victim, identified Thursday as 38-year-old Omar Alegria Jr., was stabbed in the neck outside the store but managed to get within the doors, where he then collapsed and was pronounced dead, police officials said.
Connelly was out on a $2,500 bond in connection to a criminal damage and trespassing case when he was detained, court records show.
No further information was immediately available from police and Connelly's bond was not immediately set Wednesday morning. The NOPD said the investigation was ongoing.
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