Man dies trying to break up Md. fight; suspect arrested

WASHINGTON — Police have arrested a suspect after a man died when he attempted to break up a fight in Prince George’s County over the weekend.

During the early morning hours of Sunday Oct. 9, Prince George’s County police received a 911 call about a stabbing on the 7800 block of Parston Drive in Forestville, Maryland.

The first officers on the scene found 50-year-old Emmanuel Sutton of Southeast D.C. suffering from trauma to the upper body.

Sutton was taken to an area hospital where he died.

Investigators say they believe Sutton was trying to break up a fight between two men when one of the men stabbed Sutton.

On Monday, police arrested one of the men involved in the fight, 27-year-old Keenan Savoy Fitzgerald of Temple Hills.

Fitzgerald has been charged with first and second degree murder.

Below is a map with the location of the stabbing:

Mike Murillo

Mike Murillo is a reporter and anchor at WTOP. Before joining WTOP in 2013, he worked in radio in Orlando, New York City and Philadelphia.

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