Two stabbings in Ocean Hill Wednesday morning

November 1, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

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OCEAN HILL — TWO MEN WERE fatally stabbed in Ocean Hill on Wednesday morning in apparently separate incidents, reports Patch.

At around 1:15 a.m., police discovered the first victim, identified as Ralph Hand, age 35, with wounds to the right arm and head on Marconi Place, two blocks from his home. He was pronounced dead at Kings County Hospital; police say there have been no arrests thus far.

The second victim, Kevin Reynoso, age 34, was stabbed multiple times in the torso at around 7:50 a.m. at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and Monaco Place, also blocks from his home; he was pronounced dead at Brookdale Hospital. The suspect in Reynoso’s stabbing, identified as Devon Elliott, age 29, was taken into custody later on Wednesday evening and is facing charges of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree.

Anyone with information in regard to these incidents 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 Crime Stoppers website or on X @NYPDTips.

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