Crime & Safety
Woman Kills Boyfriend During Fight In Jackson Heights: NYPD
A woman allegedly stabbed her boyfriend in the abdomen after the two got into an argument in a Jackson Heights home.
JACKSON HEIGHTS, QUEENS -- A woman is in custody after she allegedly stabbed her boyfriend to death during an argument in Jackson Heights early Wednesday morning, police said.
Cops responded to a 911 call of an assault on the second floor of the house on 93rd Street near Astoria Boulevard at about 1:20 a.m. They found the 43-year-old man with stab wounds to his stomach and the 35-year-old woman with a battered face, police said.
The couple was taken to Elmhurst General Hospital, where the man was pronounced dead.
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The woman, in stable condition, was taken into custody after cops recovered a knife from the scene. Her charges are pending.
Police are withholding the man's name pending family notification.
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