The Lee County Sheriff’s Office says two women were stabbed on Friday in Tice – killing one of them.
Deputies say the women were attacked during a “narcotics transaction”.
Around noon Friday, LCSO responded to a “distressing 911 call” on Montgomery Avenue near Birmingham Street.
The caller, a woman, said she had been attacked during a robbery.
According to a police report, one woman was found with multiple stab wounds on the couch and the other on the kitchen floor.
They were rushed to the hospital in critical condition. One woman passed away from her injuries.
Deputies say they found a broken pick on the couch next to a victim.
According to detectives, two men were in the neighborhood around the time of the attack and were seen quickly leaving.
Deputies identified 45-year-old Shad Loveless and 21-year-old Zachary Williams as persons of interest through surveillance footage, license plate readers and cell phone records.
LCSO 
LCSO When investigators started going through one of the victim’s phones, they learned a narcotics transaction was scheduled to happen at the home, deputies say.