Update: Police say 34-year-old Peter Zisopoulos faces murder and weapon charges in the deadly stabbing of EMS Lt. Alison Russo-Elling. elijahwestbrook reports from Queens.
"This deadly, senseless, broad daylight attack on a uniformed EMT member is a direct assault on our society," Police Commissioner said."We can never tolerate this violence in our city. It has to, and will, be stopped."
The business owner said,"It was totally unprovoked. There was no rhyme or reason. There was no back and forth." The 61-year-old became an EMT with the FDNY in 1998. By 2002, she was promoted to paramedic, and then lieutenant in 2016. Uniformed Firefighters Association President Andrew Ansbro and Fire Officers Association President Lt. James McCarthy released the following joint statement in the wake of a tragic stabbing:
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