"A suspect taken into custody after the fatal stabbing of a 70-year-old man inside the Brooklyn home they shared has been charged with murder, police said Tuesday. Josny Jean, 31, and victim Frederick Howard lived in the same multi-family home on E. 87th St. near Avenue M in Canarsie, though it isn't clear if they lived in the same apartment. Howard was stabbed eight times in the chest about 1:10 a.m. Monday, cops said. He made it to Brookdale University Hospital by private means and died there at 2:06 a.m., with doctors calling police."
"Jean is charged with murder and weapon possession. He has one prior arrest, for assault on Feb. 11, cops said."
Josny Jean, 31, was taken into custody and charged with murder and weapon possession after 70-year-old Frederick Howard was fatally stabbed inside the Brooklyn home they shared. The residence is a multi-family home on E. 87th St. near Avenue M in Canarsie; it is unclear whether the two lived in the same apartment. Howard suffered eight stab wounds to the chest around 1:10 a.m. Monday, reached Brookdale University Hospital by private means, and died at 2:06 a.m., with hospital doctors notifying police. Jean has a prior arrest for assault on Feb. 11.
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