Man indicted for murder in Ithaca Arthaus stabbing
Oliver Grant holds an MBA from Cornell University and has worked for the Business Journal of Central New York for over three years. His expertise lies in local economic development and small business reporting, enriching the Ithaca Current with data-driven insights.
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A Tompkins County grand jury has indicted a man accused of stabbing 35-year-old Lasalle D. Hargrove to death in Ithaca. Shawn T. Taylor, 45, was indicted on charges of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, according to a Friday news release from the Tompkins County District Attorney’s Office. The charges stem from Hargrove’s Sept. 24 death at the Ithaca Arthaus, a supportive housing complex on Cherry Street in Ithaca’s West End. Police responded to the building around 6 p.m. that day and found Hargrove injured. Hargrove was taken to a medical facility, where he later died from his injuries. Taylor was arrested about a week and a half after Hargrove’s death. Under New York law, second-degree murder typically alleges that a person intentionally caused another person’s death, usually without prior planning. First-degree manslaughter usually alleges a person intended to seriously injure another person, resultin