One dead, another injured in Providence stabbing
WJAR • • sports
Key Points:
- An 18-year-old UMass Dartmouth football player, Marvins Antoine, was fatally stabbed and a teammate, Kensley Macean, was injured outside Mezzo Lounge in Providence early Saturday morning following an altercation.
- The suspect, 19-year-old Chukuwnonso Uzome-Eze, also a UMass Dartmouth student, was taken into custody and faces a murder charge; he fled the scene but was identified using license plate readers.
- Antoine, a freshman running back and Durfee High School graduate, died at Rhode Island Hospital, while Macean sustained non-life-threatening injuries to his head, neck, and arm.
- UMass Dartmouth officials stated there is no ongoing threat to the campus and are offering counseling resources, while the Providence Board of Licenses ordered Mezzo Lounge closed for three days after an emergency hearing.
- The investigation is ongoing, with police indicating that additional charges may be filed as they work to extradite Eze from Massachusetts to Rhode Island.
