Global News has learned a man has been charged with second-degree murder after his 70-year-old father was stabbed in North York on Tuesday.
Officers were called to a home on Hearst Circle, in the area of Jane Street and Trethewey Drive, for reports of a stabbing just before 11:30 a.m.
Police said a man was pronounced dead at the scene while another was transported to hospital.
Police tweeted there were reports a man was stabbed before the suspect then stabbed himself.
In a news release issued Tuesday evening, police identified the man who died as 70-year-old Arturo Acuna of Toronto.
His son, 33-year-old Toronto resident Ronnie Acuna Aguirre, has been charged with second-degree murder.
Police said the stabbing was an “isolated event” and they don’t believe any suspects are outstanding.
— With files from Catherine McDonald
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