BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man was arrested Monday in connection with a homicide that occurred earlier that day, Buffalo police announced.
Officials said around 3:45 a.m., officers responded to a fight call inside a residence on the 300 block of Rhode Island Street. Upon arrival, officers saw a female victim with severe lacerations and stab wounds, police said.
The 29-year-old woman, of Buffalo, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The male suspect, 46-year-old Antonio Prieto, was also found at the scene suffering from apparent self-inflicted wounds, police said. He was then transferred by ambulance to ECMC where he remains in critical condition while in police custody.
Prieto was charged with one count of second-degree murder.
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