Atlanta News: Teen fatally stabbed in Woodruff Park ID'd

The teenager stabbed to death Sunday night in downtown Atlanta’s Woodruff Park has been identified as 17-year-old Cody Phillips.

According to police, the stabbing happened shortly before 10 p.m. at the park on Peachtree Street just north of Five Points.

“The initial on-scene investigation revealed that the victim and the suspect were in a verbal altercation that escalated to a physical confrontation and the suspect stabbed the victim,” Atlanta police spokeswoman Kim Jones said Monday.

Phillips, an Atlanta resident, died shortly after arriving at Grady Memorial Hospital, Jones said.

She said police arrested 26-year-old Trent Anderson a few blocks from the stabbing scene on unspecified charges.

While the stabbing happened near Georgia State University’s campus, Atlanta police Capt. Paul Guerrucci told Channel 2 Action News, “I do not believe that it’s going to be a Georgia State student. None of the involved parties do we believe are students.”

In late August, an Atlanta officer shot and wounded a suspect who had allegedly stabbed a Georgia State University police officer near Woodruff Park.

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