A young man, who claims to be a member of the Indian Posse street gang, appeared in court this morning in Saskatoon, charged after a man was stabbed to death at a motel in the city.

Alvin Naistus, 24, is charged with second-degree murder and will remain in jail awaiting a bail hearing.

In a new release, police said the deadly encounter began as a fight between Naistus and William Johnston, 44. The victim was found injured in the parking lot of the Northwoods Inn and Suites on Idylwyld Drive North early Saturday morning. Johnston died in hospital and police said Tuesday that an autopsy confirmed the cause of death was stabbing.

Police said members of their gang investigation unit arrested the suspect Alvin Naistus on Tuesday afternoon, without incident. He was at a home on the 400 block of Mowat Crescent.

Johnston's death is Saskatoon's fifth homicide of 2015.