The fatal stabbing of a 25-year-old man by a female friend yesterday morning is being investigated by the St James police.

He has been identified as Roneil Gray, otherwise known as 'Tawta-P', of Katan Lane, Mount Salem in the parish.

Reports from the Mount Salem police are that about 1:30 a.m., a dispute developed between Gray and the female friend when Gray was stabbed.

He was taken to hospital where he died while being treated.

The police were summoned and the crime scene processed.

Meanwhile, THE STAR understands that the female friend has been taken into custody, but her identity is being withheld pending further investigations.