70-Year-Old Man Fatally Stabbed In Brooklyn, Cops Say

A Bushwick man was attacked in broad daylight Friday morning and later died from his injuries, according to police.

Posted Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 2:11 pm ET|Updated Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 9:48 pm ET

BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN – A man was charged with murder after he stabbed a 70-year-old to death in broad daylight in Bushwick Friday, police said.

Otto Ponce-Farfan was stabbed in the chest and shoulder on Woodbine Street near Central Avenue at about 9:20 a.m., police said.

Emergency responders rushed him to Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens but doctors were unable to save his life, said police.

Police later arrested Rafael Fuller, 29, and charged him with murder and criminal possession of a weapon.

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