Crime & Safety

Suspect Charged, Stabbed Man To Death Inside NYC Apartment: NYPD

A motive into the fatal stabbing hasn't been determined yet.

NEW YORK CITY — A 50-year-old man has been charged in connection with a fatal stabbing in Lower Manhattan over the weekend, police announced.

Feizhon Zheng has been charged with murder in the Saturday incident at 7 Eldridge St.

Officers found a 69-year-old man with stab wounds in his back. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

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A motive into the fatal stabbing hasn't been determined yet. It is not known at this time what led up to the incident.

The victim has not been officially identified yet, pending family notification.

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An investigation remains ongoing.

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