What to Know
- A 70-year-old man was charged with second-degree murder in a stabbing death at a popular Manhattan park
- The 23-year-old victim was stabbed on Saturday afternoon at Sara D. Roosevelt Park in the Lower East Side
- Both the victim and the alleged stabber were homeless
A 70-year-old man has been charged with murder in a stabbing death at a popular Manhattan park, police said Saturday.
Larry Fullewellen, who is homeless, was charged with second-degree murder, the NYPD said.
He's accused of stabbing Arturo Valdez, 23, on Saturday afternoon at Sara D. Roosevelt Park on Chrystie Street in the Lower East Side.
Valdez, who was also homeless, was stabbed in the chest and pronounced dead at Beth Israel Hospital.
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