FILE – Medical examiner’s team removing a body.
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Police have taken a person of interest into custody after a senior was fatally stabbed inside her Brooklyn apartment and a second senior was injured on Saturday night.
According to police sources, cops from the 71st precinct were called to 1700 Bedford Ave. in Crown Heights just before 10:30 p.m. A 72-year-old woman had fled from the home with stab wounds to her arm and torso and rushed to another building, where she called 911.
Sources familiar with the incident said she told cops that a woman she lived with had barricaded herself in the home and went on an unhinged rampage, stabbing her and her older roommate. Members of the NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit (ESU) arrived at the apartment to find it locked. They made entry and discovered a 74-year-old female with multiple stab wounds to the head and arms. In the back bedroom they found the 43-year-old suspect. She had reportedly used a pair of scissors to unleash the horrific attack.
The 74-year-old woman was rushed to NYC Health and Hospitals/Kings County, where she was pronounced dead. Her identity is being withheld pending proper family notification. Meanwhile, the 72-year-old was listed in stable condition.
Charges against the suspect are pending. While police did not provide a motive for the crime or the relationship of those involved, sources with knowledge of the homicide report that the suspect was related to the deceased.
The investigation remains ongoing.
