Police have arrested a man accused of stabbing an ex-girlfriend to death.
Officers arrived at 27 Melton St. at about 11 a.m. Friday and found Gwendolyn Hailey, 55, with two stab wounds to the chest.
Hailey was taken to Jackson Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 1:01 p.m.
Police said that Roosevelt Ashley, 67, of 51 Phillip St. knocked on Hailey’s door and began stabbing her as soon as she opened the door.
Officers found Ashley walking on Phillip Street shortly afterward while still armed with the knife, said Capt. Keith Barnett, a police spokesman.
Ashley refused to comply with officers’ commands and had to be taken into custody with the help of a K9 dog, Barnett said.
Ashley was treated for minor dog bite wounds and then taken to the Montgomery County Detention Facility, where he is being held on $60,000 bond.
-- Scott Johnson
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