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CLEVELAND — Police are investigating the homicide of a 48-year-old man who was stabbed in the chest on Cleveland’s East Side Thursday night.
Cleveland police responded to the 10300 block of Empire Avenue at about 8:20 p.m. to find the man lying on the floor, bleeding from the chest, according to a news release from police.
The man was taken to University Hospitals where he died.
Detectives to continue to investigate.
