Overview
- Police say 30‑year‑old Shakeema Davis was stabbed to death at a barbecue in Lincoln Terrace Park after she repeatedly rejected a man’s sexual advances and tried to fend him off with a grill.
- The attack occurred in front of about 15 to 20 attendees, including Davis’s 7‑year‑old son, and bystanders tried to stop the attacker before he fled without a shirt and wearing gray pants.
- Officers found Davis with multiple stab wounds and she was pronounced dead at Brookdale Hospital in the early hours of Tuesday.
- Detectives have identified a person of interest and the vehicle used to flee, obtained a still photograph, and are reviewing body‑worn camera footage and witness interviews but say they do not yet have probable cause to make an arrest.
- The killing is the 77th Precinct’s first homicide this year and police are asking the public to call Crime Stoppers with tips as the investigation continues.