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WILBURTON, Oklahoma (July 1, 2022) - The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) is investigating after a stabbing turns fatal.

Latimer County received a 9-1-1 call from a marijuana grow facility outside Wilburton, where the victim reported his roommate stabbed him after an altercation. Deputies from the Latimer County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene along with Choctaw Tribal police. They found the victim with a stab wound to the abdomen. The victim was air flighted to St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa where he died as a result of his injuries.

The Latimer County Sheriff’s Office took the suspect into custody on an outstanding warrant. The suspect was charged today with Manslaughter in the First Degree. His bond was set at $500,000. Both the victim and suspect are Bulgarian Nationals. The OSBI has been working closely with the Bulgarian Consulate and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations with notification of next of kin.