Crime & Safety
Suspect Arrested, Charged In Fatal Brooklyn Stabbing
The incident happened on June 21 in East New York.
BROOKLYN, NY — A 24-year-old man has been charged with murder in connection with a fatal stabbing in Brooklyn last month, police announced.
Kevin Brown, of Brooklyn, has faces criminal possession of a weapon charges, police said.
Brown is accused of fatally stabbing Leaon Fortune, 33, in the torso following an argument near Livonia Avenue and Cleveland Street in East New York on June 21.
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Fortune was taken to Brookdale University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Defense attorney information for Brown was not readily available.
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An investigation remains ongoing.
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