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Buffalo police announce arrest made in fatal Sunday afternoon stabbing

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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Buffalo Police Department announced Monday that an arrest has been made in connection to a Sunday afternoon stabbing that killed one man.

At 1 p.m. Sunday afternoon, Buffalo police officers responded to a stabbing call on the 400 block of Niagara Street.

Officers arrived to find the victim, 49-year-old Tremaine Mayfield suffering from a severe stab wound to the chest. Mayfield was taken to ECMC where he later succumbed to his injuries.

An investigation immediately began, and 36-year-old Timothy Austin was later arrested and charged with one count of manslaughter in the first degree. The Erie County District Attorney's Office said Austin is also known as Khali A. Ali and he was arraigned Monday morning in Buffalo City Court Judge Diane Wray on the manslaughter charge. He is scheduled to return on June 16 for a felony hearing and he was held without bail.