Albany man accused of fatally stabbing roommate

ALBANY – An Albany man is in custody after police say he stabbed his roommate to death early Friday morning.

Officers responded around 1 a.m. to a residence on Clinton Street between Third and Fourth avenues. They found 56-year-old Rodney McClean with multiple stab wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police say 59-year-old Jimmie Lee Allen stabbed him during an altercation.

Allen is charged with second-degree murder and one count of criminal possession of a weapon.

This follows a similar stabbing in Albany earlier this week, where another man stabbed his roommate.

An Albany man is in custody after fatally stabbing his roommate.

It’s the ninth homicide in the city this year.