18-year-old dead after stabbing in Glendale neighborhood; suspect arrested

GLENDALE, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) — A man is in custody after police say he stabbed and killed an 18-year-old on Friday morning in a Glendale neighborhood.

According to Glendale Police, officers were called out to a home near 67th Avenue just north of Bethany Home Road, where they found 18-year-old Daniel James Santiago with life-threatening stab wounds. Paramedics quickly took Santiago to a nearby hospital, where he later died.

Officers were able to track and arrest the stabbing suspect, identified as 20-year-old Robert Leo Williams, who reportedly fled the scene just as police arrived. A Police spokesperson says the neighborhood is safe as it was an isolated incident. Investigators are now trying to determine what led up to the deadly incident.

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