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Update: Victim in Billings North Park stabbing dies

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Update 3 p.m.

The victim in the early Tuesday morning stabbing at North Park in Billings has died, and police are now investigating the case as a homicide.

Billings police said in a tweet that the two suspects remain in custody, although no charges have been filed.

All parties appeared to know each other, and police believe no threat exists to the public.

BILLINGS - Police were investigating a stabbing early Tuesday that sent one to the hospital in critical condition.

The incident in the 2000 block of Sixth Avenue North was reported at 1:39 a.m. Police said on Twitter a male victim was taken to a hospital in critical condition and two suspects were detained.

The department's crime scene van remained at the scene at 6 a.m., and a large section of North Park was closed off with crime scene tape.

No other information was immediately released.