Crime & Safety

Arrest Made in Friday Night Stabbing at Farragut Houses

Keylester Williams, 32, charged with the killing of aspiring hip-hop artist Marcquel McDuffy.

Police arrested the suspect in the , a 22-year-old wannabe hip-hop artist, after a four-day search.

Keylester Williams, 32, has been charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon in the Jan. 6 attack at Farragut Houses.

According to police, Williams stabbed McDuffy once in the chest and at the top of his head after a night of drinking around 9:40 p.m. at 192 Sands St.

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McDuffy was taken to Brooklyn Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.


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