Crime & Safety
Brother Fatally Stabs Little Sister In Harlem: Police
Shayla Johnson, 20, was stabbed and killed Wednesday morning near East 132nd Street and Madison Avenue, police said.
HARLEM, NY — A man is accused of fatally stabbing his younger sister in Harlem on Wednesday morning, police confirmed to Patch.
Shayla Johnson, 20, was found about 8 a.m. within the Lincoln NYCHA Development at 2135 Madison Ave. with two stab wounds, one in the neck and another to her chest, police said.
She was rushed to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said.
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Rodney Johnson, 26, Shayla's brother, was arrested at the scene and has since been charged with murder, police said.
Rodney had previously been arrested for violating a restraining order his sister had taken out against him in August 2019, the New York Daily News reported.
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