A 39-year-old se­cu­ri­ty of­fi­cer was stabbed to death dur­ing an al­ter­ca­tion in Princes Town on Sun­day af­ter­noon, af­ter con­fronting a woman and the man she was with, po­lice said.

Stephen Jack, of Chin Chin, Cunu­pia, died while un­der­go­ing emer­gency treat­ment at the Princes Town Health Fa­cil­i­ty.

In­quiries re­vealed that around 3.20 pm, Jack ar­rived at Char­lotte Street in a sil­ver Nis­san AD wag­on, which he parked along the road­way.

He asked a res­i­dent about a woman who lived in the area. While speak­ing with the res­i­dent, Jack saw the woman and a man walk­ing out of Char­lotte Street.

Jack ap­proached the pair and an ar­gu­ment en­sued. The man told Jack to leave, but the con­fronta­tion es­ca­lat­ed in­to a fight. Dur­ing the fight, Jack was stabbed in the ab­domen, chest, thigh and back.

The man and woman then walked away while Jack was tak­en to the health fa­cil­i­ty, where he was pro­nounced dead.

The sus­pect was lat­er ar­rest­ed by of­fi­cers of the Princes Town Po­lice Sta­tion. Po­lice al­leged­ly found a wet grey and black flick knife in his right front pock­et.

Of­fi­cers of the Homi­cide Re­gion Three are con­tin­u­ing in­ves­ti­ga­tions, spear­head­ed by act­ing Snr Supt Williams and act­ing ASP Thomas.