Crime & Justice
Search continues for man who randomly stabbed children in elevator in Brooklyn
New York police are looking for a killer who they say randomly stabbed a six-year-old boy to death and left a seven-year-old girl in critical condition in Brooklyn on Sunday night.
New York police are looking for a man who they say randomly stabbed two children, a six-year-old boy to death and left a seven-year-old girl in critical condition, in Brooklyn on Sunday night.
Man Randomly Stabbed Children
The children were in an elevator at an apartment block in Brooklyn’s East New York neighborhood. They were heading out for an icee when they were attacked at 5.50 pm on Sunday, police said.
The man stabbed the children in their torsos after telling them to ‘shut up’, a police source told the New York Daily News.
The body of the little boy, Prince Joshua Avitto, known as ‘P.J.’ to his family, was found in the elevator in the Boulevard housing development on Schenck Avenue near Stanley Avenue.
Mikayla Capers, the seven-year-old girl in critical condition, was found in front of a neighboring building after she apparently stumbled from the elevator.
Suspect
The suspect is described as:
- an African American man
- Believed to be heavyset and in his 20s
- who ran off after the attack
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