Winnipeg man charged with 2nd-degree murder in connection with January stabbing

A Winnipeg man has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder after a dispute in a Main Street apartment led to a fatal stabbing, police say.

Jordan James Walton, 27, was charged Tuesday in connection with the death of Joseph Matthew Myran, 36, according to a Wednesday news release from the Winnipeg Police Service.

Homicide unitinvestigators determined Walton and Myran did not previously know each other, but got into a disputein an apartment on the 800 block of Main Street, between Sutherland Avenue and Jarvis Avenue, just after 7 p.m. on Jan. 17.

Myran was stabbed, and was found seriously injured when police arrived.He was transported to hospital in critical condition, but later died.

Walton has been detained in custody.