Suspect Arrested in Early Morning Stabbing Death in Fort Wayne

By Peter Ambrose
By Nicole Hahn

July 6, 2011Updated Jul 6, 2011 at 12:31 PM EDT

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) - 38-year-old Aung Kyaw Thu is in jail, preliminarily charged with Aggravated Battery in an early morning stabbing.

A 911 call just before 2:00am Wednesday indicated there was trouble on Bunt Drive. A Burmese translation line indicated a disturbance and possible stabbing.

Officer arrived on scene in the 6000 block of Bunt Drive to find an unidentified male suffering from apparent stab wounds. Medics pronounced him dead on scene.

Fort Wayne Investigators worked with Burmese translators and arrested Aung Kyaw Thu at the scene. He was taken to the police station, charged preliminarily with Aggravated Battery and then taken to jail.

Officers say there was some kind of disturbance between the victim and Thu when the stabbing took place.

The Allen County Coroner will conduct an autopsy today to determine the cause and manner of death....as well as identity.

The stabbing remains under investigation.