BREAKING: New York City EMT, 61, is STABBED to death while giving aid to patient in Astoria Queens: ‘Emotionally disturbed’ relative stabbed first responder multiple times in the neck
- A New York City EMT was stabbed to death while rendering aid to a patient in Queens at around 2.30pm on Thursday
- Police say an emotionally disturbed relative of the patient stabbed the 61-year-old medic multiple times in the neck
- She was then rushed to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead
<!–
<!–
<!–<!–
<!–
(function (src, d, tag){ var s = d.createElement(tag), prev = d.getElementsByTagName(tag)[0]; s.src = src; prev.parentNode.insertBefore(s, prev); }(“https://www.dailymail.co.uk/static/gunther/1.17.0/async_bundle–.js”, document, “script”));
<!– DM.loadCSS(“https://www.dailymail.co.uk/static/gunther/gunther-2159/video_bundle–.css”);
<!–
A New York City EMT was stabbed to death while rendering aid to a patient in Queens on Thursday as crime in the Big Apple continues to spiral out of control.
Police say the 61-year-old medic was rendering aid to a patient in the Astoria neighborhood at around 2.30pm, when an emotionally disturbed relative of the patient stabbed her multiple times in the neck.
The EMS lieutenant, who has worked for the Fire Department of New York for more than 20 years, was then rushed to Mount Sinai Queens, where she was pronounced dead at 3.06pm.
Police were seen remaining on the scene of 20th Avenue near 41st Street Thursday afternoon as they took a suspect into custody.
He was said to have barricaded himself inside of a building.
In a tweet, Mayor Eric Adams’ press secretary, Fabien Levy, said the mayor has been ‘initially briefed’ on the stabbing and ‘is enroute to Mt. Sinai Hospital in Queens.’
Read Related Also: UK police officers from 23 forces including Met handed 106 years of sentences since January 2022
A 61-year-old EMS lieutenant was stabbed while rendering aid to a patient in Queens
Authorities say the incident happened at around 2.30pm in the Astoria neighborhood
Police say the woman was killed by a mentally ill relative of the patient she was treating
The unidentified 61-year-old later succumbed to her injuries at a local hospital
Police remained on the scene of 20th Avenue near 41st Street Thursday afternoon
The incident comes as crime in the Big Apple is up over 33 percent from last year.
Driving the increase is a more than 37 percent increase in the number of robberies, and a 32.4 percent increase in burglaries.
Felony assaults are also up 16.6 percent over last year, while grand larcenies are up a whopping 43 percent.
Advertisement
