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COURIER LIFE, MARCH 4-10, 2022 13
Cops cuff
19-year-old for
fatal Gowanus
stabbing
Getty Images
BY BANKS HALVORSON
Police arrested a
19-year-old for the alleged
murder of a
25-year-old, and the stabbing
of another victim in
Gowanus on Sunday.
NYPD offi cers
rushed to the scene
near Seventh Street and
Third Avenue at around
10:45 pm, where they
found the two bloodied
victims in critical condition,
according to police
reports.
EMS personnel
rushed the victims,
aged 25 and 21, to Brooklyn
Methodist Hospital,
where doctors pronounced
Bensonhurst
resident Marvin Pretto
dead from a stab wound
to the chest.
The 21-year-old, who
was stabbed in the back,
is listed in stable condition,
and is expected to
survive, cops said.
The following day,
cops arrested Jose
Velasco, and charged
him with manslaughter
and criminal possession
of a weapon, according
to police.
The killing marks
just the second murder
in the 78th NYPD Precinct
this year, following
a Feb. 13 homicide at
the intersection of Flatbush
Avenue and Bergen
Street, according to police
statistics.
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