Suspect arrested in fatal stabbing outside NYC gambling den
A suspect has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of a man who tried to break up a fight outside an illegal gambling den in Brooklyn, police said Monday.
William Smith, 45, was arrested Sunday in the death Yong Zheng, 46, in Sunset Park Friday night, and in the stabbings of three other men who are recovering from their wounds.
The Daily News reports that Zheng was returning from dinner with friends when they saw two groups of men fighting outside an illegal gambling den.
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