Overview
- The confrontation on 229th Street in Laurelton left three people injured and taken to Jamaica Hospital in stable condition, according to police and hospital reports.
- Surveillance footage shows a dog urinating near a lawn sign, neighbors later urinating on the dog owners’ grass in retaliation, a fight breaking out, and then a knife being pulled.
- Officers recovered a knife at the scene, and police said the man walking the dog was stabbed in the back and cut on his face and head while the woman with him was cut on her left hand.
- Another man was slashed during the melee, which law enforcement sources told one outlet was the alleged attacker’s 62-year-old father who tried to intervene.
- Reporting differs on the suspect’s status, with some outlets naming Hakeem Alexander and citing assault charges as others said police had not confirmed any charges at the time.