Uzoma-eze is charged with murder in a Providence nightclub stabbing.

An arrest and a murder caption after a fatal stabbing are the start of a prosecution, not a verdict. Early Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, outside Mezzo Lounge on Charles Street in Providence, R.I., an altercation that began in line ended in the Wendy’s parking lot across the street. Marvins Antoine, 18, a UMass Dartmouth freshman running back, was stabbed in the chest and pronounced dead at Rhode Island Hospital. Kensley Macean, 19, a UMass Dartmouth freshman defensive back, was injured with non-life-threatening head and neck injuries. A death and a hospital report are the medical facts on the street. They are not a finding that any named defendant has been proved guilty of murder.

Chukuwnonso Uzoma-eze, 19, another UMass Dartmouth student who is not on the football team, was charged with murder. Spellings of the name vary in the coverage; Boston.com uses Chukuwnonso Uzoma-eze, and that is the spelling the reporting uses. He was arrested on campus within about 12 hours. Reporting said Flock LPR and a real-time crime center were used, with transfer to Providence pending. An on-campus arrest and a murder booking are custody and charging. They are not a conviction.

Police said there was no indication the victims knew Uzoma-eze; a woman leaving the lounge got into an altercation with the victims in line; Uzoma-eze knew the woman; the altercation escalated. That is the working police narrative. It is not a completed trial record. The investigation is ongoing, and reporting notes possible additional charges. The lounge was ordered closed for 72 hours. A closure order is a licensing or police step. It is not a verdict. The players had attended a home game against Framingham State and then went out with teammates. A game-day outing is context. It is not an element of murder. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.