One woman is dead following a fight in Schenectady. It happened around 8 a.m. Monday in the parking lot behind the Bank of America near State Street. Our Matt Hunter has more.

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SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- Many questions are still unanswered but two people are in custody following an argument that turned deadly Monday morning in Schenectady.

The normal crowd was sitting down to breakfast at the Salvation Army's food pantry in Schenectady Monday when witnesses say chaos ensued. A loud argument, that reportedly started outside, broke out between two women and another male.

"I was walking down the street and I saw the one girl approach the other girl and start an argument and I told them both to cut it out and they didn't," one person said.

"It got violent. They started pulling out knives and pipes and you know, it just got ugly after that," Schenectady resident Anna Williams said.

Witnesses say the three were asked to leave the building, but that did nothing to cool tensions. According to police, they wound up in the neighboring Bank of America parking lot where one of the women was stabbed in the torso.

"Five minutes later I came outside, saw those two fighting and I saw that bit (knife) and he went ‘ehh’ and that was it," Schenectady resident Mark Peruzzi said.

"Schenectady Fire Department responded, treated her at the scene, transported her to Ellis Hospital where she later died," said Lt. Mark McCracken.

Police say the victim was a 43-year-old Schenectady woman, whose identification is being withheld until family is notified. It's unclear what her relationship to the other two people in the argument was, but they were immediately taken into custody for questioning.

"At this point, we're confident that we have everybody involved in custody," McCracken said.

Despite the tragedy, the meal continued at the food pantry. Many people say what happened has become far too common in the city.

"That stuff doesn't bother me at all, I see it all of the time, you're in Schenectady," Peruzzi said.

Williams said, "For me it's the norm, it's become the norm, you wake up and expect something like this to happen. It's sad to think like that and feel like but it is what it is. I don't know how we're going to stop this."

Perry Miller has been charged with second degree murder. Sonya Hall has been charged with first degree assault and criminal possession of a weapon.

The name of the victim has not been released.