A Jacksonville man has been charged in the baseball bat beating death of another man over barbecue and how it was being portioned.
Alvin Kenneth "Chico" Welch Jr., 35, was arrested about 2 a.m. Wednesday and marks the final arrest in five homicide cases that occurred in the first weekend of the year.
Welch is charged in the death of Joshua Andrew Heinz, 31, who was hit with a baseball bat at the end of a night of watching football at his house in the 11000 block of North Sante Fe Street, police said.
Witnesses told police Welch was cutting meat for a take-home plate when he got into an argument late Saturday with Heinz over how the meat was being sliced, said Assistant Chief Chris Butler. The men were together at a football-watching party at Heinz's house.
The argument escalated and Heinz was hit with the bat and later died from the injuries. Welch fled, Butler said.
He said Welch and Heinz were acquaintances who had seen one another three to five times.
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