FALL RIVER — A 44-year-old man has died after a stabbing at a Fall River rooming house Friday night, and the suspect is now charged with murder.

 

Fall River Police Department spokesperson Sgt. Moses Pereira and the Bristol County District Attorney's Office said in press releases that police and paramedics responded to 234 Tripp St. on Friday, March 15, at about 9:45 p.m., to reports that a man within the residence had been stabbed during an altercation with another resident.

 

Upon arrival, police officers located Joseph Bump, 44, who had suffered multiple stab wounds.

 

Bump was transported to Saint Anne's Hospital for medical attention, where police said he later succumbed to his injuries. The DA's office reported that Bump was pronounced dead prior to 10:30 p.m. on Friday.

 

The alleged suspect, Pedro Fernando Orellano Alvarado, 42, was taken into police custody at the scene.

 

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