Crime & Safety
Update: Arrest Made in Richmond Hill Slaying
Victim taken to Jamaica Hospital with stab wound, declared dead.
Update: 5 p.m. Police said Wednesday afternoon that they have arrested Shirley Forbes, 63, in Tuesday night's stabbing. She has been charged with manslaughter.
Police in Queens are investigating the stabbing death of a Richmond Hill man after a 911 call at 87-37 112 St. in the neighboring 102 Precinct Tuesday Night.
Lee Burrison, 55, was found in his home at 10:45 p.m. with a stab wound in his upper left torso. He was taken by emergency medical technicians to Jamaica Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police took a woman at the scene into custody, but have not indicated whether or not she is a suspect.
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