Six suspects charged in fatal stabbing of homeless man in Md.

SUITLAND, Md. - Six suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of a 54-year-old homeless man in Maryland, reports CBS affiliate WUSA and the Washington Post.

Prince George's County police said a preliminary investigation revealed that an argument between the suspects and Amos Milburn Jones on Tuesday escalated to a fatal stabbing, according to the station. Authorities had arrested all six suspects eight hours after finding Jones dead at the scene near a liquor store around 1:45 a.m. on Tuesday in Suitland, Md., reports the Post.

Eighteen-year-old Jose Eduardo Menjibar-Alaman, 20-year-old Oscar Alberto Parada, 23-year-old Jose Irving Guzman Dominquez, 18-year-old Jose Martinez Serrano, 18-year-old Almicah Sergovir and 17-year-old Katherine Abigial Lopez are all charged with first-degree murder, police said. Lopez is being charged as an adult.

Authorities and relatives told the Post that Jones might have made a comment to Lopez which led to the altercation in which he was beaten and stabbed. Detectives said the limited English skills of the suspects delayed investigators' ability to get a full recounting of the events. The nature of the alleged comment was not revealed.

Each of the suspects gave a statement to authorities admitting to varying degrees of involvement in the stabbing, according to WUSA.

The Post reports Lt. William Alexander, a police spokesman, said two of the suspects may have ties to the Mara Salvatrucha street gang, also known as MS-13. However, he said police do not believe Jones's death was gang-related.

Menjibar-Alaman, Parada, Dominquez and Serrano are all Suitland residents, WUSA reports. Sergovir's address was listed in Temple Hills, while Lopez is from Las Vegas, Nev. Officials said the suspects are all being held without bond.

Jones's family said he enjoyed fishing, basketball and boxing, and that he had briefly served in the Army. He had a 16-year-old son. "He was a loving person. He wouldn't harm anyone," his aunt Barbara Bynum Wright told the Post.

"He chose to be homeless," Wright said. "He liked the company on the streets. They were his friends."