Man arrested in fatal Cypress Hills slashings

November 12, 2024 Brooklyn Eagle Staff

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CYPRESS HILLS – POLICE ON MONDAY arrested Kerry Lewis, 46, of Cypress Hills, and charged him with first-degree murder in the deaths of Roosevelt Simmons, 91, and Jacqueline Delyons, 66. On Sunday, police found Simmons and Delyons following a 911 call; the two were discovered deceased in the kitchen of their Warwick Street house with slashing wounds to the neck. Kerry is also a resident at the same dwelling. The New York Post reports that Lewis was the boyfriend of Delyons.

Police say the investigation is ongoing.

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