Folks maintain indicators and photos of Christina Yuna Lee throughout a rally within the Chinatown part of New York, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. (AP Photograph/Seth Wenig)
NEW YORK --
A girl was stabbed to demise inside her decrease Manhattan condominium by a person who adopted her from the road into her constructing, authorities stated.
Christina Yuna Lee, 35, was discovered fatally wounded in her bathtub at about 4:30 a.m. Sunday, police stated. The suspected killer was taken into custody after he at first tried to flee down a fireplace escape after which barricaded himself contained in the condominium, a police spokesperson stated.
Police introduced Monday that Assamad Nash, 25, was arrested on expenses of homicide and housebreaking. It wasn't clear if he had an lawyer who may touch upon the costs.
Officers together with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams denounced Lee's killing as the newest in a string of unprovoked assaults on individuals of Asian descent.
“I be a part of New Yorkers standing collectively in help of our AAPI pals & neighbors,” Hochul stated on Twitter.
Police haven't categorized Lee's demise as a hate crime, however Adams stated the police are investigating and added, “we stand with our Asian group as we speak.”
A number of dozen neighborhood residents and their supporters chanted “Sufficient is sufficient!” at a rally on Monday close to the sufferer's constructing. “Our elected officers must act,” stated Susan Lee, who is just not associated to Christina Lee. “I am begging them to behave in order that not one other life is misplaced.”
Christina Lee labored as a senior inventive producer at Splice, a web-based platform for digital music. She was a graduate of Rutgers College and had beforehand labored for firms together with Marriott and the shoe retailer Toms, based on her LinkedIn web page.
“Over the weekend, our beloved Christina Lee was senselessly murdered in her dwelling,” Splice officers stated in an announcement posted on Twitter. “Our hearts are damaged. At all times devoted to creating lovely and inclusive art work, Christina is irreplaceable. As we begin to course of this tragedy, we ask that you simply keep in mind Christina Lee because the magical particular person she was, at all times full of pleasure. We want peace upon her household of their grief.”
Surveillance video obtained by the New York Publish reveals a person following Lee into her constructing on Chrystie Road in Chinatown.
The constructing's landlord advised the Publish that cameras posted on each flooring confirmed the person adopted Lee all the way in which up the steps to her sixth flooring condominium. A neighbor heard screaming and known as 911, police stated.
The killing occurred weeks after one other lady of Asian descent, Michelle Alyssa Go, was killed by a person who pushed her in entrance of an oncoming subway practice on the Instances Sq. station.
Related Press video journalist David R. Martin contributed to this report.
Folks maintain indicators and photos of Christina Yuna Lee throughout a rally within the Chinatown part of New York, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. (AP Photograph/Seth Wenig)
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