Police say an employee at a Brooklyn homeless shelter was brutally stabbed outside the facility Thursday night.
The horrific incident unfolded at the Days Inn hotel, which the city had converted into a shelter on East New York Avenue in the Brownsville neighborhood.
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The 35-year-old unidentified employee was attacked at around 6:20 pm, and later ran into the building for help. He was stabbed multiple times in the neck and stomach, and was bleeding profusely in the lobby when doctors arrived, who took him to Brookdale Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
New York Fire Department Emergency Medical Team (Robert Nickelsburg/Getty Images)
Police are searching for a male suspect dressed in black, who was wearing a baseball cap and ski mask.
As of now, there is no information on what led to the horrific attack, but several hotels in the area have been converted into housing for the homeless, and have dealt with a high proportion of violent crime in the past.
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“They turned all the hotels here into shelters during COVID. There are four or five more people here. Lots of stabbings. Lots of trouble,” a neighbor said in comments to the New York Post.
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New York City continues to struggle with violent crime on its streets and public transportation, a problem made worse by the increase in illegal immigrants arriving without asylum. Mayor Eric Adams has repeatedly expressed frustration with the federal government and argued that the city lacks the resources to care for them.
According to City Hall reports, since April of 2022, an estimated 220,000 immigrants have come to the city, more than 58,000 of whom are currently being cared for by New York City taxpayers.
