SNOHOMISH COUNTY — Deputies with the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Department are investigating a fatal stabbing.
According to deputies, a 45-year-old Lake Stevens man suffered a stab wound to his neck at a Motel 6 located at 224 128th Street SW early Friday morning.
Deputies arrived around 2 a.m. and said the man died at the scene.
"At 3 a.m., deputies located the suspect vehicle southbound on I-5 and made a traffic stop near 164th Street and Ash Way in Lynnwood," deputies wrote in a news release.
During their investigation, deputies said witnesses identified two suspects and their vehicle that was seen fleeing the scene.
Witnesses identified the driver and passenger in the vehicle, deputies said.
The suspects, a 26-year-old Lynnwood man and a 22-year-old Everett man, were interviewed by detectives and were later booked into the Snohomish County Jail on investigation of murder, according to deputies.
KIRO 7 will continue to update this story as more information becomes available.
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