Police say a man stabbed 19-year-old Samyia Spain and her twin sister early Sunday morning in Park Slope.
NEW YORK - Police are searching for two men after a 19-year-old was stabbed to death and her twin sister was wounded early Sunday morning at a deli in Brooklyn. Investigators say a man made unwanted advances at the sisters inside the deli on Fourth Avenue and St. Marks Place in Park Slope. When they refused, the man fatally stabbed 19-year-old Samyia Spain in the chest. Her surviving twin sister was also stabbed in the arm. 'She was a good person.
I'm sad this happened to her,' neighbor Frances Angel said. Daniel Sanabria, a community leader and youth pastor, also came by to express his condolences. Although he didn't know the sisters personally, he shared a message for the surviving twin. 'This is a tragedy for her family, tragedy for her. It's going to be a long time as she's healing in this process,' he siad. 'People have to surround her and her family and support her.
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