A Courtenay resident has been arrested after a 25-year-old man was found dead outside of a home Friday.

Police were called to the home, in the 500-block of 6th Street, early in the morning.

They found the deceased 25-year-old Courtenay man outside of the residence and then arrested the 37-year-old suspect, who remains in custody.

The victim and suspect were known to each other, according to RCMP.

A witness who spoke with CTV News but did not wish to be identified said he was inside the home when a violent confrontation took place between the two men.

He said the house was filled with many people, one of whom was trying to get another person out of the home.

“The guy who stabbed him just started hitting him with a knife and he got him in the jugular, went in one side and out the other,” the witness said.

CTV News has learned that Troy Galloway was the man killed in the stabbing.

“We tried to save his life, we tried to resuscitate him but he was gone already,” the witness said.

RCMP, fire and paramedics all arrived at the scene around 1 a.m. and took the 37 year old into custody.

A Comox Valley RCMP General Investigation Section as well as forensic investigators are probing the incident.

The man arrested at the scene was expected to appear in court Friday afternoon.