COLUMBUS – Police say a woman died after she was stabbed during a fight with another woman near an East Side bar early Monday morning
UPDATE: Police have charged Ivey Nicole Sankey, 31, with murder in the slaying of Chirley Minnifield.
Shirley Minnifield, 29, was involved in a fight with another woman near Club 83, 1420 E. 5th Avenue, corner of E. 5th and Joyce Avenues, just after 1:30 a.m., said Sgt. Jeffrey Strayer of the Homicide Unit.
She died about an hour later at Grant Medical Center.
Police were searching for a suspect who had left the scene by the time officers arrived.
No other details were immediately available on the suspect or any motive for the stabbing.
Police say the stabbing was the 79th homicide in Columbus so far this year.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Columbus Police Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or Crime Stoppers at 614-645-TIPS (8477).
The investigation continues.