Willie Holmes

A man has been charged with a woman’s death on Chicago’s West Side.

Willie Holmes, 54, address unknown, has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with a 25-year-old woman’s death Thursday on the 300 block of North Central Avenue in the city’s Austin neighborhood.

Holmes was arrested shortly after 1:10 p.m. Thursday on the 300 block of North Central.

Police said he was identified as the offender who, minutes earlier, stabbed the woman. The victim later died from her injuries.

Chicago police said responding officers quickly located the suspect, who was placed in custody and charged.

Police said the woman and a man were outside on the 300 bock of North Central when they got into a verbal and physical altercation with Holmes. The suspect allegedly produced a knife and made contact with the woman’s back before fleeing the scene.

The woman was transported to Mount Sinai Hospital, where she died.

A weapon was recovered at the scene, police said.