Masked attacker fatally stabs grandparents outside Brooklyn home
A husband and wife who own a religious articles store were stabbed to death by a masked attacker outside their Brooklyn home on Wednesday, law enforcement sources said.
The couple were coming home from work and approaching the front door of their Winthrop Street house in Lefferts Gardens when the knife-wielding attacker stabbed them both in the neck, sources said.
Stephenson Bonaparte, 65, collapsed in the front yard and his 59-year-old wife Hazel Brown made it inside, where their daughter called 911 and saw the masked attacker flee, sources said.
Brown was pronounced dead at the scene at 6:48 p.m. and Bonaparte died at nearby Kings County Hospital at 7:03 p.m.
The couple owns a store that sells religious items about two miles away, sources said.
The couple is originally from Trinidad and lived with their adult daughter and her 2-year-old kid, according to the owner of a nearby deli.
“I can’t believe someone would just do that. It doesn’t make sense,” the deli owner said. “I’m in shock and sad that her daughter and granddaughter had to see everything. She was crying uncontrollably.”
Bonaparte and Brown had been grocery shopping moments before their murder, another neighbor said. A bottle of orange juice and other groceries were spilled in the front yard.
“This unbelievable! This has never happened before. This is a very stable family community where the homeowners have been here for generations,” the Winthrop Street resident said. “I’m shocked. I’m stressed out.”
Source:- https://nypost.com/2018/02/07/masked-attacker-fatally-stabs-couple-outside-brooklyn-home/
