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A young man who saw his friend critically injured after he was shot in the mouth last year was the victim of an overnight stabbing in the same building.

Jordan Melo, a 21-year-old London man, was stabbed to death in a Hamilton Road apartment early Saturday morning. It’s the sixth homicide in the city this year.

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Police arrested one man at the scene, and revealed Saturday afternoon that 22-year-old Adriano Simoes was charged with first-degree murder.

He appeared in court by video Saturday and will remain in custody until his next appearance.

Melo, who lived in the apartment above a Hamilton Road barbershop with his mother, spoke with The Free Press last year after his friend Devyn Banks, then 19, was critically injured in a shooting.

Melo recalled how Banks “ate the bullet,” describing his friend as lucky. Banks later recovered and was released from hospital, sharing his recovery story earlier this year. After the shooting, a warrant was issued for 18-year-old Adrian Henderson on a charge of attempted murder. He remained at large.