D.C police are investigating a fatal stabbing Sunday morning in Southeast.

Sergeant Joe Gentile says authorities were called to an apartment on the 12-hundred block of Maple View Place about 1:20 Sunday morning for the report of an assault.

Investigators arriving on the scene found 74-year-old Clarence Copeland suffering from a stab wound to the chest. Copeland was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead about an hour later.

Police say no arrests have been made in the case.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 202-727-9099.

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