Murder suspect FRANSCISCO AGUILAR-VALENCIA/photo provided by Clarksville police.

            CLARKSVILLE POLICE HAVE CHARGED A SUSPECT WITH MURDER IN CONNECTION WITH A STABBING ON MARTIN STREET YESTERDAY MORNING.

            FACING CRIMINAL HOMICIDE CHARGES IS 37-YEAR OLD FRANSCISCO AGUILAR-VALENCIA OF 736 MARTIN STREET. POLICE SAY AGUILAR-VALENCIA GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH 39-YEAR OLD DANIEL DION BRIDGES OF CLARKSVILLE IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND THE TWO BEGAN FIGHTING.

            BRIDGES COLLAPSED AFTER THE FIGHT AND AGUILAR-VALENCIA REPORTEDLY LEFT THE SCENE. A MAN HEADING TO WORK CALLED 911 LATER IN THE MORNING AFTER FINDING BRIDGES’ BODY ON THE STREET AND POLICE BELIEVE SEVERAL STAB WOUNDS WERE THE CAUSE OF HIS DEATH.

            DETECTIVE TIM ANDERSON INVESTIGATED AND INTERVIEWED AGUILAR-VALENCIA, WHEN HE REPORTEDLY ADMITTED TO BEING THE ONLY PERSON FIGHTING WITH THE VICTIM AND TO HAVING A KNIFE AT THE TIME.

            THE SUSPECT IS LODGED IN THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY JAIL ON 500 THOUSAND DOLLARS BOND.

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