Police arrest suspect in fatal Brooklyn stabbing

Published June 29, 2014 1:39am ET



NEW YORK (AP) — Police have arrested a suspect in a fatal Brooklyn stabbing.

They say 24-year-old Hugo Mansilla is charged with murder in the death early Friday of Alberto Torres.

Officers found the 27-year-old Torres unconscious and unresponsive with a wound in the torso around 2:15 a.m., Friday.

They say the stabbing happened in Brighton Beach. Torres was pronounced dead a short time later at Coney Island Hospital.

Information on Mansilla’s lawyer wasn’t immediately available.