A man died Sunday afternoon after being stabbed during a soccer game at Max Myers Playground in Oxford Circle, police said.
Franklin William De Souza, 24, of the 6900 block of Horrocks Street in Castor Gardens, was lying on a field with a stab wound to the abdomen when officers responded to the scene just after 4 p.m. He was taken to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital, where he died around 5 p.m., police said.
A suspect was arrested, though authorities have not released their identity. The stabbing occurred during a pick-up soccer game, according to multiple media reports.
The Homicide Division continues to investigate the killing. ••
