Patient Stabbed To Death At NYC Psychiatric Hospital: NYPD

QUEENS, NY — A 63-year-old man was stabbed to death at a Queens psychiatric hospital on Monday, police announced.

The incident happened at the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, located at 80-45 Winchester Blvd. just after 10:30 a.m.

David Zheng, 23, is accused of stabbing Ronald Giacopelli multiple times in the lower back and neck after getting into an argument, police said.

Zheng has been charged with murder, criminal possession of a weapon, and tampering with physical evidence.

Giacopelli was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS.

Both men were patients at the hospital, police said.

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