Victim identified in deadly stabbing in St. Cloud; Suspect charged

A 25-year-old man accused of fatally stabbing a man during an altercation Thursday night is now facing 2nd degree murder charges.

Marquis Jacob Fisher was arrested at 11:05 a.m. by St. Cloud authorities Friday and is being held in the Stearns County Jail on charges relating to the stabbing.

Police say at 9:19 p.m. Thursday, officers were called to a home at the 600 block of 12th Avenue North for a fight between a 36-year-old man and another man, later identified as Fisher.

When they arrived, officers said they found 36-year-old Shane Michael Brunner of St. Cloud with a stab wound to his lower back.

Police said life-saving measures were taken at the scene to treat him, but later said that Brunner died at the hospital.

According to police, Fisher and Brunner knew each other and had been together at the house for some time before the stabbing.

At some point, an altercation began between the two, according to police, resulting in the stabbing and Fisher running from the house before police arrived.

The reason for the altercation is still under investigation.

Prosecutors charged Fisher with 2nd degree murder and 2nd degree assault.