• Four people were stabbed at about 1 a.m. June 7, 2018,on Madison Avenue near Lark Street, police said. (Steve Hughes/ Times Union)
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Four people were stabbed at about 1 a.m. June 7, 2018,on Madison Avenue near Lark Street, police said. (Steve Hughes/ Times Union)
Four people were stabbed at about 1 a.m. June 7, 2018,on Madison Avenue near Lark Street, police said. (Steve Hughes/ Times Union)
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Four people were stabbed at about 1 a.m. Thursday June 7, 2018, on Madison Avenue near Lark Street, police said. (Steve Hughes / Times Union)
Four people were stabbed at about 1 a.m. Thursday June 7, 2018, on Madison Avenue near Lark Street, police said. (Steve Hughes / Times Union)
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Joseph Sanchez is charged with attempted murder after an incident at Madison Avenue and Lark Street on June 7, 2018, Albany police said.
Joseph Sanchez is charged with attempted murder after an incident at Madison Avenue and Lark Street on June 7, 2018, Albany police said.
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One of the four men stabbed earlier this month in a fight on Lark Street has died, police said Sunday.

Elijah Smith, 22, of Albany, had been in critical condition at Albany Medical Center Hospital since June 7.

Police said the fight began around 1 a.m. at the Lark Tavern and spilled outside to the intersection of Lark Street and Madison Avenue.

When police arrived that night, they found four men with stab wounds. Police arrested Joseph Sanchez, 25, of Albany, shortly after arriving on scene.

Sanchez had been charged with first-degree attempted murder. That charge will likely be upgraded Monday.

Smith’s death marks the fifth homicide in the city this year.

Anthony Malloy, a 35-year-old Albany man, was gunned down on Jan. 5 at the corner of First and Quail streets. No arrests have been made in the case.

Damien L. Sanders, a 38-year-old Albany man, was beaten and then shot multiple times on April 23 in front of 150 Clinton St. No arrests have been made in the case.

On June 3, Nahjayyah Daise, a 21-year-old Albany woman, was shot in the head by her ex-boyfriend, who then ran over her body on Erie Boulevard. The man — 22-year-old Larnell Kennedy of Albany — ran from the scene and was struck and killed by a car on I-90 minutes later.

Equan Fallen, 20, was shot in front of his apartment on Livingston Avenue on June 12.