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Lucas County Coroner's Office rules death in Saturday stabbing incident homicide

Police were called to the scene early Saturday morning.

TOLEDO, Ohio — Editor's note: The following story has been updated to reflect new information made available by the Lucas County Coroner's Office.

Toledo Police say one man is dead following a fatal stabbing incident.

It happened in Toledo's Old West End. Police were called to 1931 Scottwood Avenue around 4:30 a.m. Saturday morning. At the scene, they found 43-year-old Samuel Gaiter suffering from at least one stab wound. Gaiter was transported to a local hospital where he later died as a result of his injuries.

Officers located a suspect, 32-year-old Sequoia Farrow, at the scene. Police say Gaiter and Farrow were friends. Farrow was arrested at the scene and was then transported to and booked at the Lucas County Jail.

Details on a motive to the stabbing are unknown.

On Monday, the Lucas County Coroner's Office performed an autopsy on Gaiter. The coroner found the cause of death to be multiple sharp-force injuries, with the most significant injury being a stab wound to the chest. The manner of death was ruled a homicide. 

If you have any information, call or text Crime Stoppers at (419) 255-1111.

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