KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A suspect is in custody following a deadly stabbing in Independence late last week.

Officers with the Independence Police Department responded to a reported stabbing just after 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 19, near East 23rd Street and South Logan Avenue.

When officers arrived, they located the victim, identified as 45-year-old Anthony Myers, with an apparent stab wound. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The incident is being investigated as a homicide.

The police department announced on Tuesday that a suspect was taken into custody on Monday evening in Independence.

FOX4 is not naming the suspect at this time until formal charges have been filed in Jackson County.

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