19-year-old man charged with murder after alleged street fight
The 24-year-old victim was located with serious injuries and later died in hospital
Logan Raymond MacAusland, 19, has been charged with second-degree murder after the death of Cody Robert MacLean, 24, in Charlottetown early Tuesday morning.
Charlottetown police said MacLean died after a fight, and was found with serious injuries on Spring Street near Churchill Avenue around 1:13 a.m.
"Our initial investigation believes it was a stab wound, but until we receive the autopsy report that will not be confirmed," said Deputy Chief Brad MacConnell.
MacLean, of Kingston, P.E.I., was immediately transported to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and later died as a result of his injuries.
19-year-old man arrested
Police found MacAusland around 2:15 a.m. on Lower Malpeque Road. He was arrested "after a brief struggle," MacConnell said.
A weapon was seized, MacConnell said, but police wouldn't say what that weapon was.
MacConnell said the two men were believed to have known each other and that the public is not at risk. Investigators are working to determine the cause of the fight and police are not looking for further suspects at this time.
"The investigation is still ongoing and very preliminary and over the next hours and days witnesses and people involved will be interviewed so we can get a clear insight into what happened in this incident," MacConnell said.
MacAusland appeared in court Tuesday. He was also charged with resisting arrest, assault on a police officer and breach of probation.
The last murder to occur on P.E.I. was July 2015, according to RCMP.