A WATSONVILLE MAN WAS FATALLY STABBED LAST NIGHT (SUN). OFFICERS ARRIVED AT THE END OF MARCHANT STREET NEAR THE PAJARO RIVER LEVEE AT AROUND 6:30 P-M, AFTER REPORTS OF BATTERY AND A MAN LYING ON THE GROUND. A 51-YEAR-OLD HISPANIC MALE WAS FOUND SUFFERING FROM A STAB WOUND. THE MAN WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. WITNESSES TOLD INVESTIGATORS THEY SAW TWO MALE JUVENILES HAVE AN ALTERCATION WITH THE VICTIM. POLICE IDENTIFIED AND ARRESTED A 16-YEAR-OLD IN CONNECTION WITH THE HOMICIDE. THE INCIDENT IS BEING INVESTIGATED AS GANG RELATED.
