Alabama man stabbed to death at chicken processing plant

Published 3:08 pm Wednesday, March 25, 2020

A man was stabbed to death Wednesday morning at an Alabama chicken processing plant, police said.

Phenix City police were called to the Alatrade Foods facility around 7:40 a.m., where they found a victim suffering from stab wounds, investigators told news outlets.

Witnesses told police that an altercation between two men turned physical, and one was stabbed multiple times to the upper body.

The victim, identified by the Russell County coroner as Reggie Milner, was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.

Investigators took Eugene Holt Jr., 28, into custody Wednesday for questioning, outlets said. No charges were immediately filed and no further details were released.