David Zheng, 23, was charged with murder, criminal possession of a weapon, and tampering with physical evidence after allegedly stabbing 63-year-old Ronald Giacopelli to death at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens Village.
Detectives officially charged the patient of a Queens psychiatric facility on Monday night after he allegedly stabbed a fellow patient to death earlier that morning in a bloody attack.Police say 23-year-old David Zheng got into a dispute with 63-year-old Ronald Giacopelli inside the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, located at
80-45 Winchester Blvd., and stabbed him multiple times in the lower back and neck with a kitchen knife — killing him. Giacopelli was found inside Zheng’s room lying face down in a pool of blood at around 10:36 a.m. on Jan. 20; EMS pronounced him dead at the scene. The murder weapon, a kitchen knife, was located nearby, law enforcement sources said.
Staff last reported seeing Giacopelli alive at around 9 p.m. the night prior, Jan. 19, sources familiar with the case said.Sources familiar with the incident reported that Zheng initially told cops that he woke up and sawHowever, sources said, he allegedly later admitted toZheng has been charged with murder, criminal possession of a weapon, and tampering with physical evidence. This was his first arrest, police sources said.
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