Overview

• Sincir Malik Porter, 21, was formally charged with two counts of second-degree murder following the July 6 stabbing at a Hiawatha Avenue apartment.
• Surveillance video and witness statements show an argument over a $15 debt escalated when Porter stabbed his roommate once in the neck.
• Officers recovered a bloodied knife near the front of the residence and documented extensive blood spatter in the living room.
• In a post-Miranda statement, Porter admitted to the killing and said he had previously thought about harming his roommates.
• Prosecutors cite the surveillance footage, the suspect’s unprompted admission at the scene and forensic evidence as the basis for their case.