Teen Arrested After Fatally Stabbing at Drug Rehab

ABILENE, TX –– A 42-year-old man is dead after an altercation turned fatal early Wednesday morning.

According to the Abilene Police Department, at approximately 2:30 a.m. officers were dispatched to the Rise Discipleship Home, drug and addiction recovery center, for reports of a stabbing.

When officers arrived at the scene, they found the victim, Matthew Charles Fouse, with multiple stabs wounds. He was transported to a local hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.

The suspect in the stabbing was identified as 18-year-old Giovanta Martinez of New Mexico.

Martinez was apprehended on Mesquite St. and booked into the Taylor County Jail. He has been charged with first-degree murder.