Tampa, FL (December 5, 2018) – Police say that a Tampa man was has been arrested in connection to the stabbing death of another person that occurred in the very early morning hours of December 4.
Police say that dispatchers answered a 911 call at approximately 12:49 am that involved an assault that was taking place at the Vista 400 Apartment complex. When police arrived at the apartment complex located at N Franklin Street and E Harrison Street, they discovered two men who had been arguing. One of the men had been stabbed multiple times and was bleeding profusely. EMS was called to the scene to render aid to 38-year-old Jonathan Thomas Harvey who was stabbed in the assault. He was rushed to the hospital for treatment but sadly, he did not survive the attacked and passed away when he got to the hospital. Police arrested a 38-year-old man named David Omar Caraballo at the scene and he was remanded into custody. He is being charged with one count of second-degree murder after the death of Jonathan Harvey.
Harvey and Caraballo apparently knew each other prior to the argument that resulted in the stabbing death.
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