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Former Steelers RB Eric Wilkerson Charged with Aggravated Murder in Fatal Stabbing

A warrant is out for the arrest of former NFL running back Eric Wilkerson, who is charged with aggravated murder in the stabbing death of 46-year-old Brian Weems III.

"According to Cleveland police, the men had argued in an apartment on Wednesday," Jen Steer of the Associated Press reported. "Wilkerson followed Weems into a bathroom and stabbed him multiple times before fleeing the scene, police said."

Wilkerson, who played high school football at Cleveland Central Catholic High School before playing for Kent State, where he ranks second all-time in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns.

He appeared in one NFL game for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1989.