According to the Irvine Police Department, officers responded to a home on Fortuna Street in the Northwood neighborhood, located on the city’s north side, on calls of a dispute just before 6:20 a.m.
Investigators learned about the killing at about 6:20 a.m. after Zackery Dean Hinkle called 911 and told dispatchers he had stabbed his roommate, according to the Irvine Police Department.