NYPD Crime Stoppers
NEW YORK – Police are trying to find a man wanted in connection to a deadly stabbing in Brooklyn.
It happened on Rockaway Avenue near Lott Avenue in Brownsville on June 30.
Police say 19-year-old Vernon Douglas was having an argument with an unknown individual just before 9 p.m. when the individual pulled out a knife and stabbed Douglas twice in the chest before running away.
Douglas was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police have released a photo of an individual wanted in connection to the homicide.
Anyone with any information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). You can also submit a tip via their website or via DM on Twitter, @NYPDTips. All calls are kept confidential.
