ST. CHARLES COUNTY, Mo. — A man is dead and a suspect is in custody after a deadly stabbing outside of a St. Charles County motel early Tuesday.
Officers responded just before 12:30 a.m. to the Red Roof Inn at 2010 Zumbehl Road, which is right at Zumbehl and Interstate 70.
Police were called to the motel for a report of a disturbance. They arrived to find a man with a head injury who said he had just been assaulted outside the motel. As officers investigated the scene, they found a second man with a stab wound to his chest.
The man who had been stabbed died outside the motel. Police identified him as Douglas Comstock, a 34-year-old from Waterloo, Illinois.
St. Charles police believe the men got into an argument over Comstock "being rowdy at the motel." The argument escalated, police said, at which point the man with the head injury pulled out a knife from his waistband and stabbed Comstock.
A friend who was at the scene intervened and tried to help the victim.
The man with the head injury was arrested. He has not been charged, but police said the St. Charles prosecuting attorney is reviewing the case.
The suspect and victim were both living at the motel and knew each other, police confirmed.