Sources: Suspect Joevani Vale connected to Boerum Hill slashing and fatal stabbing
NEW YORK -- There is an update on the investigation of two stabbings in Brooklyn, including one that left an 83-year-old man dead.
Police say they now know who they're looking for.
Ramon Cintron is being remembered as the grandfather of his community. Most lovingly called him "Flaco," which means skinny in Spanish. Police say the 83-year-old was stabbed to death in the elevator of his Boerum Hill NYCHA apartment building on Saturday afternoon. That building, Wyckoff Gardens, was being guarded by police and added security on Sunday. Allan Shaw was patrolling the lobby.
When asked if he thinks there needs to be better security in the building," Shaw, an employee of Allied Security, said, "Well, certain things can't be prevented."
In the neighborhood, police are using flyers and a large monitor to help track down 26-year-old Joevani Vale, who they say slashed a woman in the leg in a nearby building on Saturday afternoon. Sources told CBS2 the same man killed Cintron less than an hour later.
Brooklyn City Councilman Lincoln Restler said the 83-year-old and his alleged attacker lived in Wyckoff Gardens.
"As of the last time I spoke with the police department earlier today, they know who he is. They know where he lives and I hope he will be apprehended soon," Restler said.
An employee at nearby Wyckoff Gardens Deli said the man police are looking for grew up in the NYCHA building.
"My mother babysat him when he was a baby. I can't believe it because I don't see him as that type of person," James Dudley said.
Neighbors spent Sunday remembering their beloved neighbor.
"To me, an angel," a man named Freddy said of Cintron.
"He was always making somebody laugh," a neighbor named Samuel said.
Police are offering a reward of up to $3,500 for information leading to an arrest.
Anyone with any information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). You can also submit a tip via their website or via DM on Twitter, @NYPDTips. All calls are kept confidential.
