The stabbing happened just after 3 a.m. Sunday in the city’s tony Rittenhouse Square, authorities said. Emergency responders found 24-year-old Colin McGovern, of Churchville, lying on the sidewalk with stab wounds to the torso. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.
“This was over a hockey cap,” Homicide Capt. James Clark said, calling the crime “very senseless.”
Clark said McGovern and three companions had been out for a night on the town and were just getting out of a cab with the intention of finding a hotel. Clark said McGovern made a comment about 40-year-old Steven Simminger’s Devils cap, and an argument escalated into a physical altercation.
The two men wound up on the ground, with McGovern on top of Simminger when he was stabbed, Clark said.
Simminger went to a Veterans Affairs hospital for treatment of a cut on his hand and was arrested on murder charges.
Brings back memories of Dennis Veteri attacking Woodbridge Policeman Neal Auricchio following the NHL's 2012 Winter Classic.
[NBC]
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