{"id":58302,"date":"2018-02-08T05:19:16","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T05:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=58302"},"modified":"2018-02-08T05:19:16","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T05:19:16","slug":"masked-attacker-fatally-stabs-grandparents-outside-brooklyn-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/masked-attacker-fatally-stabs-grandparents-outside-brooklyn-home.html","title":{"rendered":"Masked attacker fatally stabs grandparents outside Brooklyn home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Masked attacker fatally stabs grandparents outside Brooklyn home<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The couple owns a store that sells religious items about two miles away, sources said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">\u201cI can\u2019t believe someone would just do that. It doesn\u2019t make sense,\u201d the deli owner said. \u201cI\u2019m in shock and sad that her daughter and granddaughter had to see everything. She was crying uncontrollably.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">\u201cThis unbelievable! This has never happened before. This is a very stable family community where the homeowners have been here for generations,\u201d the Winthrop Street resident said. \u201cI\u2019m shocked. I\u2019m stressed out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 8pt\">Source:-<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>https:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/02\/07\/masked-attacker-fatally-stabs-couple-outside-brooklyn-home\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/masked-attacker-fatally-stabs-grandparents-outside-brooklyn-home.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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