SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A 45 year old man was stabbed to death early Friday morning on the west side of Sioux Falls.

Police believe a fight between the victim and another man led to the homicide. Police rushed to the Meadowland Apartments near 41st and Marion at 4:30 Friday morning. They found a man with stab wounds in the hallway of one of the buildings.

“He was given medical treatment, but was pronounced deceased on scene. We believe there was some type of fight or altercation between the two guys, the deceased and then one other person, we’ve located that other person,” said Sioux Falls Police spokesman Sam Clemens.

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Detectives are gathering evidence and are asking anyone with information on the stabbing to reach out to them. Billy Joe Pettibone was at the apartment complex picking up his son Friday morning.

“This area right here, it’s bad. For Sioux Falls its bad, I’ve even seen when I pick my kids up the cops come here, walking and going in and stuff this is a bad area right here bad,” said Pettibone. “But why it takes so long for the cops not to show up, they might be understaffed but come on man show up at least show up.”

Clemens says response to a call depends various issues from what else is going on at the time to the type of complain

“If there is an immediate danger to people, life or injury to people there is going to be a higher response. If there is some type of argument, neighbor dispute, even a property crime that’s going to a lower response time, it really just kind of depends and there are a lot of variables and factors that play into that,” said Clemens.

This was a priority call because it came in as a stabbing.

An autopsy was to be conducted Friday to determine the number of stab wounds and exactly how the victim died.

This is the third homicide investigation in Sioux Falls this year. Detectives are talking with the other man involved, but as of the time this story is published they have not made an arrest.