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Man stabbed to death outside Puyallup store

PUYALLUP, Wash. — A man was stabbed to death outside a Puyallup convenience store late Monday, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department.

Two men who “had an ongoing conflict between the two of them” got into a fight just before midnight outside the store in the 16100 block of Canyon Road East, sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer said.

During the scuffle, a 20-year-old man allegedly stabbed the 42-year-old victim.

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The victim, who has not been identified, died at the scene.

The younger man then went home and a family member called 911 to report what happened.

Deputies arrested the man and booked him into Pierce County Jail on suspicion of second-degree murder.