Izik Spence
Chattanooga Police homicide investigators have arrested Izik Spence in connection with the stabbing death of 22-year-old Marcus Preston that occurred on Saturday at 2221 E. 28th St. Spence is charged with criminal homicide.
He is in custody at the Silverdale Detention Center.
Police said Spence had just gotten out of Silverdale when he went to the E. 28th Street address at 5:30 a.m. and he and Preston immediately began fighting.
Witnesses said the two men were holding onto one another's shirts at the front door. Spence then ran into the kitchen and the witnesses could hear him rummaging through silverware.
They said he returned and began stabbing Preston around the neck and collarbone with a knife.
The witnesses said Preston walked out toward his car, clutching his neck and upper chest. He then collapsed to the ground.
They said Spence walked outside holding a bloody knife and said, "I just stabbed that b---- N----."
He fled the scene as Chattanooga Police were arriving.
Police began rendering life saving care. Hamilton County EMS responded and pronounced the victim deceased.