A dispute between two men turned deadly Thursday afternoon along the Winston Jones Highway in the vicinity of the New Green roundabout in Manchester.
The deceased has been identified as 37-year-old Clayne McPherson of Clarkes Town Road in the parish.
The accused is a vendor from the same community.
He surrendered to the police shortly after the incident.
According to the police report, about 2 o'clock, the accused was at his stall when Mr. McPherson walked up and used a knife to slap him in the face.
There was a tussle and the vendor used a knife to inflict wounds to Mr. McPherson.
The wounded man was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.