Police say the suspect of a deadly stabbing in Downtown Brooklyn is in custody.

According to authorities, 37-year-old Anthony Sabato is now facing several charges, including first degree murder, first degree robbery, aggravated cruelty to animals and criminal possession of a weapon.

Sabato is accused of stabbing 37-year-old Thomas Machal-Chick in the torso after an argument inside an apartment building on Sand Street.

The victim was taken to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital where he died.