The incident began around 3 a.m. Saturday when Colin McGovern and three friends made a passing remark to a man wearing a Devils hat, according to police. An argument broke out between the man, 40-year-old Steven Simminger, and McGovern, and eventually escalated to a physical altercation.
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First responders found McGovern on the sidewalk with multiple stab wounds to his torso. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
“This was over a hockey cap,” Philadelphia police Capt. James Clark said, via The Associated Press, calling the altercation “very senseless.”
Simminger, who lives in New Jersey, took himself to a Veterans Affairs hospital for treatment of a cut on his hand and told doctors he had been involved in a fight, Clark said. Police learned of his whereabouts and made the arrest, charging Simminger with murder and related offenses.
Clark said Simminger also underwent a mental evaluation at the hospital.
