Suspect wanted for stabbing social justice advocate Ryan Carson.
NYPD
Social justice advocate Ryan Carson may have been killed on a Brooklyn street Monday night by an incensed suspect who kicked nearby mopeds and had been embroiled in some kind of domestic argument, police said Wednesday.
According to Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny, Carson, 32, was chatting with his girlfriend Claudia Morales at a bus stop just before 4 a.m. on Oct. 2 at the corner of Lafayette Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard when his would-be killer approached.
Moments later, Carson walked Morales to her home when the suspect began to violently kick mopeds a few feet away. The perpetrator then turned his attention to Carson, and accused him of staring, officials said.
“Mr. Carson immediately places himself between the male and his female companion to protect her,” Chief Kenny said. “Mr. Carson immediately tries to de-escalate the situation. This male then produces a knife and swings at Mr. Carson.”
Carson tripped and fell to the ground during the attack, after which the assailant stabbed him in the chest three times; the fatal thrust, police said, pierced Carson’s heart.
Unfortunately, the assault didn’t end there. Even as Carson laid dying, authorities said, the perpetrator spit at her and threatened to stab her as well. He ultimately fled the scene.
“An unidentified female then arrives on the scene and begins to apologize to the couple, and she mutters the name Brian,” Chief Kenny said.
According to Kenny, this woman is believed to be the suspect’s girlfriend; moments before the stabbing, the chief told amNewYork Metro, the assailant had been seen with the woman, and acting very agitated — indicating that the pair had been in some kind of argument that sent the perpetrator into a fit of rage.
“We have received several leads in regards to this case and have developed a suspect,” Chief Kenny added. “Detectives are working with our partners in the Kings County…
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