Brooklyn twins stabbing suspect taken into custody, police say
NEW YORK - A suspect who police say stabbed twin sisters, killing one is in custody and is expected to face a judge Friday.
Family and friends of the victims confronted the suspect as he was taken in. A crowd gathered outside the 78th precinct stationhouse as the suspect was escorted out by police. Family members of the victims let their feelings be known, shouting "How dare you" and cursing at him.
Police said 20-year-old Veo Kelly turned himself in. Police say he was allegedly at a Park Slope deli early Sunday and accuse him of stabbing and killing 19-year-old Samyia Spain, and injuring her twin sister.
"To know what it is to lose a child. She was 19. Her whole life was cut short," family friend Yvette Ramos said.
Ramos confirmed that Spain didn't know the suspect, and had rejected his advances moments before she was killed.
"If you knew the twins for 19 years of their life... you know what that is, for that girl to wake up and say 'My sister, I can't call my sister.' That family alone will never be the same.
A memorial continues to grow outside the Spain family apartment in Wyckoff Gardens housing. Neighbors were aware a suspect turned himself in with an attorney at his side.
"He killed her. He just took a life for no apparent reason, just because she said no? Someone tells you no, it's no. That's the bottom line," neighbor Eddie Ortiz said.
Police recovered the deli's video surveillance.
There was a vigil Wednesday night at the deli. More than 100 people gathered, including the twins' father Steven Spain.
He and the rest of the family have said very little publicly, but relayed a message that they are grateful the suspect is behind bars.
Kelly has a previous arrest on robbery charges.
