ITHACA, NY (607NewsNow) — The Tompkins County grand jury has indicted a man from Syracuse for the Sept. 24 stabbing death of an Ithaca man.

District Attorney Matt Van Houten says 45-year-old Shawn Taylor was charged with murder in the second degree, manslaughter in the first degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree.

Taylor is accused of fatally stabbing 35-year-old Lasalle Hargrove, who lived at the Ithaca Arthaus building on Cherry St. Since his arrest, Taylor has been housed at the Tompkins County jail. He was arrested in Onondaga County.

According to Van Houten, a 2nd degree murder charge has a maximum sentence of 25 years to life in prison.