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Suspect, victim identified in early morning Bryan stabbing

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UPDATE:
The Bryan Police Department has identified the victim of the stabbing as 59-year-old Robert Sweeps. Police say Sweeps was stabbed in the torso and died.

Investigators say Nolan Benford, 69, turned himself into officers at the scene shortly after police arrived. He is in the Brazos County Jail charged with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon.

ORIGINAL:
A person is dead after an early morning stabbing in Bryan.

Police found the victim on Poplar Circle just after 3 a.m. The victim later died at the hospital.

Officers ask the public to avoid the 2700 block of Poplar Circle. There is no active threat to the public.

The Bryan Police Emergency Response Unit is investigating.

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