State Police in Lawrence Co. investigating man’s death

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — Pennsylvania State and Shenango Township police are investigating the stabbing death of a 19-year-old New Castle man.

Police found Thomas Nail of Moravia Street dead on the ground with a stab wound to the neck at 4 a.m. today in a wooded area near Big Run Creek Road and Bryson Hill Road in the township, authorities said.

State police and Lawrence County District Attorney John Bongivengo conducted numerous interviews Wednesday at the state police barracks in New Castle, saying only that they were continuing to investigate what appeared to be a fight between teenagers or young adults.

State police said they went to the scene in response to a 911 call about the fight.

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