Crime & Safety
Man Fatally Stabbed In Crown Heights Saturday: Police
Police released photos of a man they are seeking in connection to a fatal Franklin Avenue stabbing.
CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — Police released a photo of a man they say could be connected to a fatal stabbing in Crown Heights Saturday night.
Kerwin Cox, 35, was standing in front of a building on Franklin Avenue near Lincoln Place about 1:30 a.m. when a man walked up and began to argue with him, police said.
The mystery man took out a knife, stabbed Cox several times in his torso, then fled south on Franklin Avenue on foot, according to the NYPD.
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Medics rushed Cox to Interfaith Medical Center where the Boerum Hill resident died from his injuries, according to the police.
The person in the released photos stands 5 foot 8 inches, weighs about 185 pounds and has a goatee, police said. In the photo the person is seen wearing a blue hooded Nike sweatshirt, blue jeans, blue baseball hat and white Nike shoes with blue accents.
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Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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