Former Enfield Resident and Marine Killed

23-year-old Philip Bushong was stabbed and killed after an altercation in Washington D.C.

A former Enfield resident and Marine was stabbed and killed early Saturday morning on Capitol Hill's Barracks Row in Washington, D.C., according to police.

Michael Joseph Poth, 20, of Washington, D.C., was arrested, accused of killing Philip Bushong, 23.

Investigators said the two Marines got into a fight on the street around 2:30 a.m. and a knife was pulled.

Police said Poth made a homophobic remark during the altercation that proceeded the stabbing, though it was not immediate clear if this was the altercation's specific cause.

"One witness heard a homophobic slur used by the suspect during a verbal altercation which preceded the stabbing," said Lt. Alder.

Bushong attended Enrico Fermi High School in Enfield and graduated in 2007. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Bushong was stationed at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.

Poth has been charged with second-degree murder.

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