KEY POINTS

  • The NYPD had five homicide cases during the Memorial Day Weekend
  • Three of the victims were killed via stabbing in a span of 12 hours
  • Police sources said there's a lot of negativity in the air as temperatures rise amid the coronavirus lockdown
     

Five people in New York were victims of separate killings during Memorial Day Weekend, and amid the coronavirus lockdown, the New York Police Department (NYPD) said. Three of the victims were fatally stabbed while one man succumbed after his head was bashed with concrete.

Some of these homicide cases remain unsolved Monday (May 25), per the New York Post. The NYPD is likely going to face a tougher week ahead as the rising summer temperature might make the lockdown even harder to bear.

"There’s just a lot of negativity going on," a police source said. "The fact that there’s an epidemic and people can’t get outside, finances are horrible for a lot of people who don’t know where their next check is going to come from."

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Memorial Day Weekend was a busy day for the NYPD with five homicides despite the coronavirus stay-at-home orders. Public Domain

Police who responded to a 911 call arrested Vincent Gibson, 42, Saturday (May 23), after he shot a 35-year-old man three times inside the lobby of a building on Hoe Avenue. The victim was pronounced dead at the Lincoln Hospital, while Gibson is now in jail for criminal possession of a weapon, murder, and manslaughter.

On Sunday (May 24), three stabbings took place within a span of 12-hours with the first reported case from Staten Island. Deidre Borders, 56, was found in her bedroom just before noon with multiple stab wounds. The police have no leads to her case so far.

At 6:00 p.m., the NYPD received another report of a 23-year-old man who was stabbed on the back, neck, and abdomen after an altercation outside of a Brooklyn deli. According to the New York Daily News, the victim's life wasn't saved despite being rushed to the Brookdale Hospital.

Later that night at 10:00 p.m., a 37-year-old man in the Bronx was stabbed on Marion Avenue and was brought to the St. Barnabas Hospital. The victim, Curtis Nicholas, didn't survive his wounds, but the cops have taken in 29-year-old Daywne Murray. No charges have been filed against Murray as of Monday.

Police also found the body of Galindo Terrazas, 25, at Jackson Heights at 6:00 p.m. Sources said that a concrete block with blood was next to her.

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