2nd Suspect Revealed In Fatal Brooklyn Stabbing: Cops

Park Slope NY

05 March, 2021

10:00 AM

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BROOKLYN, NY — Police are asking the public's help to identify another person who was involved in a Sunset Park robbery last week that left three men hurt and one dead. The NYPD released surveillance video late Thursday of a person involved in the Feb. 26 brawl. The clash happened when robbery victims chased thieves from an illegal gambling den near Seventh Avenue and 57th Street and a group of Good Samaritans who were walking by jumped in to help, according to police and reports. Four men were stabbed in the melee and one of them, Yong Zheng, died of his injuries, police said. So far, one suspect, William Smith, was charged with murder, robbery and assault in the days following the incident. Police have said that Smith had the help of nine or 10 accomplices, according to the New York Daily News. The surveillance video appears to show the new suspect walking down the street in the minutes before the brawl, then running back towards the action as the fight breaks out. Here are some stills taken from the video: Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.