Acquaintance Arrested For Stabbing Harlem Man In Bed-Stuy Home: Cops

BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — An acquaintance who stabbed a Harlem man in a Brooklyn apartment late last month has been caught, according to police.

Derrick Davis, 40, was arrested late last week on murder, assault and other charges for the fatal incident, which killed 33-year-old Christopher Reid, police said.

The two men had argue inside a Fulton Street building near Eastern Parkway a June afternoon when suddenly Davis stabbed Reid in the chest and fled the building, police said.

Emergency responders rushed Reid, who was from Harlem, to Brookdale Hospital but doctors couldn't save him, police said.

Davis, who police said is homeless, was charged with murder, three counts of assault, menacing, criminal possession of a weapon and acting in a manner injurious to a child, police said.