A man from Illnois was stabbed to death at Fionn MacCool's at the Landing over the weekend. 42-year-old Chris Pettry was in town from Illinois to see the Bears take on the Jaguars. 

The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office says Pettry and his friend involved in an altercation early Sunday morning when his throat was cut.

A Jacksonville man, 27-year-old Matthew Hinson, was arrested on a murder charge and is in the Duval County Jail.

Lt. Rob Schoonover with JSO says the argument began when Hinson spotted Pettry and his friend talking to his wife and a friend of hers at the bar.

"He calmly and basically cold-bloodedly just cut the victim's throat and calmly walked out of the restaurant."

Here is an update from the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, via their Facebook page:

"On Sunday, October 7, 2012 at 12:29 a.m., police were dispatched to The Jacksonville Landing located at 2 West Independent Drive (Fioon MacCool's Irish Pub and Restaurant), in reference to a person who had been cut.

The victim, William Pettry, 42 years old, had his throat slashed inside the establishment. The victim was transported to a hospital where he died.

Homicide responded to the scene.  Investigation revealed that the suspect, Matthew Hinson, 27 years old was seen cutting the throat of the victim.  Independent eyewitnesses gave detailed accounts of the incident.  Each described how the suspect cut the victim and calmly walked out of the establishment.

The suspect placed the bloody knife in his pocket and walked out of the restaurant. Responding patrol officers located the suspect in a vehicle a short time after."

Lt. Schoonover says Hinson did resist arrest and officers had to force him to the ground.  When interviewed by detectives, suspect Hinson admitted to the stabbing.  Hinson was arrested and booked into jail on a murder charge.  He made his first apperance in court this morning bearing bruises and cuts around his eyes and forehead from resisting arrest.