A 65-year-old woman from Queens, New York, was brutally assaulted by two unidentified men while she was taking out her trash, according to police and inside sources. The incident occurred around 5:40 p.m. on Sunday in the victim’s apartment complex in Flushing. The two assailants were reportedly meddling with doors in the complex when they spotted the woman leaving her apartment to dispose of her garbage.
The men ambushed the woman, inflicting multiple stab wounds across her body. Following the assault, the pair proceeded to search the woman’s apartment, seemingly in an attempt to burglarize it. However, they left the premises without taking anything, as reported by the police.
The building superintendent, who requested anonymity, suggested that the suspects appeared to be familiar with the building, located on Roosevelt Avenue near Parsons Boulevard. This observation was supported by surveillance footage reviewed by local media, which indicated that the criminals likely knew the building’s layout.
The footage showed one of the suspects holding the door for the other as they entered the building. One of them was wearing a mask that covered the lower half of his face and was seen ending a phone call to guide his accomplice to the elevator. Upon reaching the fourth floor, the pair immediately turned left and were seen exiting the building at a leisurely pace, avoiding direct contact with surveillance cameras.
After the attack, the injured woman reached out to her sister, who also lives with her but was at work during the incident. The sister alerted the superintendent, who then guided the responding officers to the scene. The victim was found sitting upright with visible blood stains on her left wrist and chest. She was transported to NY Presbyterian-Queens Hospital and is currently in stable condition.
The superintendent described the victim and her sister as “very nice ladies” who had never had any issues with anyone. A neighbor, Tyrone Correa, a 65-year-old bakery distribution manager, expressed shock at the incident, describing it as “very odd” for the typically safe neighborhood. He described the victim as a “nice woman” who generally keeps to herself.