An employee of a Brooklyn homeless shelter was fatally stabbed outside the facility on Thursday night, according to police reports. The horrifying event took place at a Days Inn hotel that had been repurposed as a shelter by the city, located on East New York Avenue in the Brownsville neighborhood.
The victim, a 35-year-old employee whose identity has not been disclosed, was attacked around 6:20 p.m. The employee managed to seek refuge inside the building after sustaining multiple stab wounds to the neck and abdomen. Emergency medical services arrived promptly and transported the victim to Brookdale Medical Center, where he was tragically pronounced dead.
