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Suspect In Deadly Stabbing Of Twin In Brooklyn Identified, Sources Say

Sources tell CBS New York police have identified 19-year-old Veo Kelly of Bushwick, Brooklyn as the suspect.

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Investigators say 19-year-old Samyia Spain was stabbed to death inside a Brooklyn deli after she and her twin sister refused a man's advances.
Investigators say 19-year-old Samyia Spain was stabbed to death inside a Brooklyn deli after she and her twin sister refused a man's advances. (CBS New York)

By Jesse Zanger, CBS News

March 22, 2024

NEW YORK - Police have identified the suspect in the killing of a 19-year-old twin who was stabbed to death early Sunday morning at a deli in Brooklyn, sources said.

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Sources tell CBS New York police have identified 19-year-old Veo Kelly of Bushwick, Brooklyn as the suspect.

Sources said Kelly had been at a party hall down the block and had a chance encounter with Samyia Spain and her sister the Natural Plus deli on Fourth Avenue and St. Marks Place in Park Slope.

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