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Harlem Man Stabbed To Death By Acquaintance In Brooklyn, Police Say

A man from Harlem was fatally stabbed by an acquaintance during a fight inside a Brooklyn apartment on Monday, according to police.

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Christopher Reid, 33, was inside the building on Fulton Street near Eastern Parkway, in the Ocean Hill neighborhood, when he got into an argument with the male acquaintance shortly after 4 p.m.
Christopher Reid, 33, was inside the building on Fulton Street near Eastern Parkway, in the Ocean Hill neighborhood, when he got into an argument with the male acquaintance shortly after 4 p.m. (Google Maps)

HARLEM, NY — A Harlem man was stabbed to death during a fight with someone he knew inside a Brooklyn apartment Monday afternoon, according to police.

Christopher Reid, 33, argued with an acquaintance inside a Fulton Street building near Eastern Parkway, in Ocean Hill, shortly after 4 p.m., police said.

Suddenly the other man stabbed Reid in the chest and fled the building at 2180 Fulton St., according to the NYPD.

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

Reid lived on East 125th Street between Madison and Park avenues, said police.

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Police said no one had been arrested as of Tuesday morning but the investigation continued.

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