UMass Dartmouth football players Marvins Antoine and Kensley Macean went to a nightclub in Providence, Rhode Island, on Friday night. There, they encountered Chukuwnonso Uzoma-eze and another group of people reportedly from UMass. A confrontation followed, and Uzoma-eze stabbed both Antoine and Macean.
Antoine died from his injuries early Saturday morning. He was 19 years old. Macean's injuries were not considered life-threatening.
Now we've learned that Uzoma-eze is a Nigerian national who was in the country illegally on a B-2 visa overstay. He was shielded from deportation by the Biden administration in 2022 after Uzoma-eze requested "deferred action" to delay deportation.
BREAKING: Federal law enforcement sources confirm to @FoxNews that the suspect arrested for stabbing two UMass Dartmouth football players over the weekend, killing one, is a Nigerian national who had been in the U.S. illegally as a B-2 visa overstay, but was shielded from… pic.twitter.com/m7GJnBodtO
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) September 25, 2026
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Chukwunonso Uzoma David Uzoma Eze was taken into custody by police in Providence, RI after the stabbings, which happened in the parking lot of a lounge, and he is now charged with murder.
Full immigration history, courtesy of DHS source:
"Chukwunonso Uzoma David Uzoma Eze, a Nigerian national first entered the United States on March 18, 2015, at Boston Logan International Airport on a B-2 visitor visa. He later obtained two approved extensions of that nonimmigrant status: one filed Sept. 17, 2015, and approved Feb. 5, 2016; and another filed March 18, 2016, and approved June 8, 2016. He applied for deferred action, which was approved Sept. 21, 2022.
On Aug. 24, 2023, he applied for employment authorization. That request was rejected Sept. 25, 2023. On Feb. 10, 2025, he filed two applications: one for employment authorization based on deferred action, which remains pending; and another for deferred action, which was approved Oct. 8, 2025, and is set to expire Oct. 7, 2027. On Sept. 21, 2026, the Bristol County Sheriff’s Department in Massachusetts arrested him on a fugitive-from-justice warrant."
It was another avoidable death.
Gov. Maura Healey and all elected officials , Mayors protecting illegals need to be held accountable. @CivilRights #Enough
— LadyD (@LadyD66158293) September 25, 2026
We need accountability.
THIS SYSTEM FAILED AGAIN.
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) September 25, 2026
A Nigerian B-2 visa overstay stabbed two UMass Dartmouth football players and killed one. Biden’s team shielded him with deferred action in 2022. The same shield got renewed in 2025. Then a college kid dies in a parking lot.
Deferred action for people… https://t.co/SqssbS6iKF
Yes, it did. And now Antoine's family is another Angel Family.