Twin teen sisters stabbed, one fatally, outside Brooklyn bodega after rejecting attacker's advances: Grandfather



Two twin teen sisters were stabbed in New York City early Sunday morning. One of the sisters died from her stabbing injuries. Witnesses say the teenagers were stabbed after the sisters rejected a man's advances.

Samyia Spain and her twin sister, Sanyia, were with a group of friends and relatives inside a Brooklyn bodega around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday.

Alphonso Goodson, the twins' grandfather, told the New York Post that the stabbing suspect walked into the bodega and "started hitting on her."

A witness told News 12 The Bronx, "One of the guys had complimented the two girls who walked in with their friends. They said no, they weren't attracted."

Goodson explained, "She said, ‘I don’t want to be bothered with you. Leave me alone.’ Then the store owner put him out. He started kicking on the door, he started banging on the door."

As the twin sisters left the Slope Natural Plus store in Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood, they were both allegedly stabbed by the man who was rejected by the teenagers.

Goodson added, "He was waiting for them. He took it the wrong way. He came after them. That was wrong. That was dead wrong."

Sanyia was stabbed in the arm and Samyia was stabbed in the chest and neck.

A witness said, "Everybody started tending to her. One of her friends took off their shirts and started putting compression on her neck to try to slow down the bleeding. She was gushing blood just all over the street."

Samyia was later pronounced dead at New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. Sanyia was listed in stable condition.

The attacker fled the crime scene.

No arrests have been made, and the police are investigating the fatal stabbing.

Goodson said, "I hope they catch this guy."

A memorial was set up outside Samyia's apartment building in Wyckoff Gardens.

Markita McMillan, the twins' aunt, told Gothamist, "They were so beautiful, fun-going. Samyia had a good head on her shoulders. She wanted to make something out of herself and so did Sanyia."

McMillian is concerned about the rampant and dangerous crime in the neighborhood.

"I'm scared to go down this building and walk downstairs because you don't know what you're facing,” McMillan said.

Slope Natural Plus worker Mohemmed Albeher is urging city officials to "make the law tougher" in response to violent crimes in the area.

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NYPD releases security video of a thug shooting a FedEx driver in the back during a delivery



The New York Police Department released disturbing video of the moment a FedEx driver was ambushed and shot in the back by a thug in Brooklyn, New York.

The alarming incident occurred about 11:15 a.m. Monday as the driver was exiting a building after a delivery, according to WABC-TV.

NYPD Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison posted the surveillance video to his social media account and asked for the public's help in identifying the suspect.

Yesterday in the confines of the @NYPD73Pct, at approximately 11:15 a.m, a FedEx delivery man was exiting 395 Livon… https://t.co/aCYm3cTb4u
— Chief Rodney Harrison (@Chief Rodney Harrison)1607456742.0

The video shows the driver walking out of the door to the building with the suspect holding the door open. As the driver walks away, the suspect holds out a gun and shoots the driver in the back. A third person is seen in the video following the driver.

The 44-year-old male driver was shot in the back of the neck at close range. In another video, he is seen crawling away quickly.

The man was taken to a hospital and police said that he's expected to survive his injuries.

Police are actively investigating the matter and believe that it was a targeted attack. Nothing was stolen from the FedEx driver and the motivation for the attack is still under investigation.

The NYPD says New York City is experiencing a spike in gun crimes and other violent crimes. In another disturbing incident on Monday in Brooklyn, EMS workers were lured by a fake 911 emergency call and then robbed at gunpoint. Police are seeking a suspect in that incident as well.

Police say that shootings have more than doubled in 2020 when compared to the same period in 2019, with 1,412 compared to 721 shootings, respectively. Homicides are also considerably higher for the month of November and over the first 11 months of the year.

Here's a local news video of the incident:

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