BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A Battle Creek woman is dead after being stabbed to death, allegedly by her boyfriend, late Friday night, according to the Battle Creek Police Department.
Police arrived at the 200 block of West Pitman Avenue around 11:30 p.m. on a report that a 28-year-old woman had been stabbed.
As officers entered the area, they said they saw a man running near the intersection of East Emmett Street and North Wabash Avenue with blood on his hands.
The department said some of the officers stopped to check on the man and gather information, while others arrived at Pitman Avenue to find several adults and children had come out of the home.
Officers found the victim, identified as Morgan Schug, in the home. Despite life-saving measures, police said she died at the scene.
A second victim was also found and taken to a local hospital for assault injuries, police said.
Police who had stopped the man at Emmett Street and Wabash Avenue determined he was Schug's 33-year-old boyfriend and he was taken into custody as a suspect. He was also treated for injuries at a local hospital.
Police said the suspect did not live at Schug's house and they have no children together.
He's currently being held for open murder, according to police.
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