Richmond police charged a man tonight with murder in the stabbing death of another man in the 300 block of East Broad Street this afternoon.
They identified the suspect as Desean Q. Trent, 27, who, they said, has no permanent address. The victim was identified as Javis J. Turner, 20, of the 2400 block of Semmes Avenue.
Authorities say Trent stabbed Turner during a fight that took place about 4 p.m. on the sidewalk along the busy commercial strip.
"This was not something random," said Gene Lepley, Richmond police spokesman. "There was some bad blood. This was an escalation of a feud that had been going on."
Turner ran west on Broad Street and around the corner into Marshall Street, where he collapsed, police said. Witnesses saw him lying motionless and bloody in the 200 block of East Marshall Street.
He was taken to VCU Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Police also found Trent at the medical center, where they arrested him.
Later, at Third and Marshall streets, Michael Anthony Brewton, who said he was the father of the man who died, identified the victim as his son.
Brewton said his son graduated this past spring from Armstrong High School.
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