Crime & Safety
Crown Heights Man Faces Murder Charge Months After Fatal Fight: NYPD
A 25-year-old man was arrested and charged with murder months after a fatal stabbing in Greenwich Village, officials say.
CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — A Crown Heights man faces a murder charge months after a Greenwich Village fight turned fatal, police say.
Damon Clemmons, 25, stands accused of killing Samer Abdalla, 28, on May 13 about 1:30 a.m., NYPD officials announced early Monday morning.
Police believe Clemmons was among a group of people to argue with Abdalla at West Fourth Street and Sixth Avenue in the moments before his death, according to the NYPD.
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Abdalla was repeatedly stabbed in the torso and later died at Bellevue Hospital, police said.
Court records show Clemmons was arrested Saturday about 11:50 p.m. and is slated to be arraigned Monday in Manhattan Criminal Court.
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