Brooklyn Man Kills Grandfather, Slashes 4-Year-Old Sister And Family Member With Machete

A 22-year-old man killed his grandfather and slashed his 4-year-old sister and another family member with a machete in Brooklyn on Sunday.

According to the police, Dayquan Dubose attacked his family members inside their apartment near Nostrand Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant at about 6 p.m. EST.

The bloodbath was allegedly the result of a domestic dispute, the New York Daily News reported. Police said the man first slashed the child's hip before attacking his 79-year-old grandfather and stabbing him in the stomach.

A 49-year-old relative who is said to be the man's uncle tried to stop Dubose but was slashed in the left hand, the police said. Dubose's sister and the family member are stable and expected to survive the attack, the report added. Though the grandfather was immediately taken to the nearby Interfaith Hospital, he could not be saved.

According to a neighbor, Dubose was a good kid.

“He must have snapped or maybe he got high or something,” the unidentified neighbor said of the young assailant, New York Daily News reported.

An unidentified witness managed to hold Dubose until police arrived, after which the victims were moved to the hospital, the New York Post reported.

Dubose is in police custody and the charges against him are pending.

In a similar incident, the New York City police had fatally shot a man who allegedly attacked a woman and a dog with a machete before rushing toward the police.

The incident happened Tuesday after officers responded to multiple 911 calls about a man who was attacking people. According to the callers, he was "acting erratic, laying on the ground, damaging parked vehicles, attempting to enter one caller's front yard and chasing people in the area with the machete." A woman who was walking her dog was attacked and suffered deep cuts to her head and hands. The dog was also attacked. Both survived.

Tennessee also witnessed a similar incident in May after a homeless man murdered a married couple with a machete in an unprovoked attack to express his anger against the coronavirus lockdown. The couple was waiting inside the offices of Public Storage at 800 5th Avenue South when the accused entered and struck them with his machete repeatedly.