One man is dead and another faces a second degree murder charge after a fight on a west-end Brockville street turned deadly Sunday night.

Brockville Police said officers arrived at the scene on Cedar Street to find Matthew McKinnon, 32, suffering from stab wounds.

“The officers and paramedics attempted lifesaving efforts, but the victim … did not survive,” police added.

The suspect took refuge in a nearby home and later surrendered to a police negotiator and the emergency response team, police added.

Ryan Russell Ballantyne, 34, has been charged with second degree murder and weapons dangerous. Ballantyne was in custody pending a bail hearing in Brockville court on Nov. 29.

City police responded to a disturbance on Cedar Street, between Abbott and Church Streets, at about 9:55 p.m. The caller indicated one of the individuals involved had been injured and required an ambulance.

Police tape still closed off the scene late Monday morning as investigators continued going door-to-door interviewing potential witnesses. A sport utility vehicle belonging to Prescott Taxi remained unoccupied inside the police tape perimeter, while evidence markers dotted the pavement, some marking what appeared to be blood stains.

Det.-Sgt. Laurie Bennett said the victim was from the Brockville area and the individuals involved in the incident were “somewhat” known to police.

The sergeant was also not yet sure what role the taxi vehicle played in the incident.

“We’re still trying to determine all of that stuff,” she added.

A post mortem was scheduled later in the day, said Bennett.

Brockville detectives and forensic identification unit members were being helped by the Ontario Provincial Police East Region identification unit as the investigation continued.

Staff. Sgt. Tom Fournier said later Monday that police were still looking for other people to interview as their investigation continued. The motive for the fight was among the significant details still under investigation.

Fournier said the accused “didn’t just go into a random house” for refuge, but was staying at the address from which he ultimately surrendered.

Debbie Deir, who lives next door to the scene, said she did not see much, but definitely heard something.

“I just heard fighting,” said Deir, referring to an argument. “It woke me up.”

“I got up and looked out (the window) because I thought there was somebody in the yard.”

Police have been in the area before and there were other crimes in the neighbourhood, so she felt she had to be “vigilant,” she said.

Things seemed to calm down, but then the argument started up again and the police arrived, said Deir.

She said one of the men was arguing very loudly.

“I could hear the other guy talking but more calmly,” she added.

Another nearby resident, Matt Pettem, was further from the scene and saw only the first responders and their lights.

“I saw somebody get taken out in a stretcher to the ambulance,” said Pettem, adding it was too dark to see the victim clearly.

The paramedics were urgently loading the victim into the ambulance as if to rush to hospital, he said. However, the ambulance never left the scene.

Police were asking anyone who was in the area of Cedar, Abbott and Church Streets between 9:30 and 10:30 on Sunday night to contact them at 613-342-0127.