Tiereon M. Woodhouse

A person is dead and another is in custody after a stabbing at a Swansea duplex, police said. Tiereon M. Woodhouse, 62, died from multiple stab wounds at Memorial Hospital in Belleville at 3:18 p.m. Monday, St. Clair County Coroner Calvin Dye said. A suspect is in custody, but charges have not been filed. Keith Howard, assistant chief of the Swansea Police Department, said the investigation is ongoing. Officers responded about 2:12 p.m. to the 200 block of East Caroline Street after dispatchers reported that a disturbance had escalated into a physical altercation involving someone armed with a knife, according to a police department news release. Officers found Woodhouse in his apartment with multiple injuries and provided medical aid. A witness told officers the suspect had fled to a neighboring residence, where officers later found and arrested the person without further incident, the release said.