XPost: nyc.politics, alt.society.liberalism, sac.politics
XPost: talk.politics.guns

NEW YORK – Authorities arrested a man on murder and attempted
murder charges in connection with the death of a woman found
nearly decapitated in a New York City apartment and the wounding
of another woman who was hospitalized in critical condition,
police said Sunday.

Jerry Brown, 34, of Brooklyn, was taken into custody Saturday,
hours after emergency responders went to a Brooklyn building in
response to a 911 call from a driver who came across the
surviving woman, according to the New York Police Department.

Police found the dead woman, identified as Savannah Rivera, 20,
inside the Flushing Avenue apartment, part of Bushwick Houses,
about 1:30 a.m. Saturday. A 4-year-old daughter of the wounded
woman was in another room, but was unharmed.

Rivera, who did not live in the apartment, had multiple stab
wounds and deep cuts to her head and body. The surviving woman
was also cut. Authorities said they recovered an ax from the
crime scene.

Deputy Chief Michael Kemper said authorities believe Brown knew
both victims.

He called the attack "brutal" and "vicious."

"Both victims suffered multiple deep, deep lacerations," he said.

WPIX reported speaking with the suspect after reaching out to
him via Facebook, and that he said he had a history of mental
illness.

Brown was at a hospital in police custody. He had not yet been
arraigned, and there was no information on any attorney for him.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/man-arrested-on-murder-charges-in- womans-hacking-death

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)