The madman accused of fatally stabbing an FDNY lieutenant in Queens had beforehand been transported to the hospital by her EMS unit after he made anti-Asian threats on-line, regulation enforcement sources mentioned Friday.
Lt. Alison Russo-Elling was not working for the EMS unit, Station 49, in Astoria on the time of the 2018 emergency name, nevertheless it’s nonetheless unclear if she might have crossed paths with Peter Zisopoulos earlier than he allegedly attacked her Thursday afternoon and stabbed her 19 occasions with a steak knife.
The 34-year-old suspect, who was charged with second-degree homicide and weapons possession raps Friday in reference to the horrific slaying, had been transported by the unit to Elmhurst Hospital in April 2018 for being emotionally disturbed, regulation enforcement sources mentioned.
He had allegedly made anti-Asian threats over Fb and was listed as recognized with schizophrenia, the sources mentioned.
Russo-Elling didn’t arrive at EMS Unit, Station 49, which dealt with Zisopoulos’ emergency transport, till April 2021, the FDNY mentioned.
Round 2:20 p.m. Thursday, Russo-Elling was on her lunch break when Zisopoulos all of a sudden ran towards her, threw her on the bottom and stabbed her repeatedly in what FDNY Appearing Commissioner Laura Kavanagh referred to as a “barbaric and fully unprovoked assault.”
Amid the violence, a person driving by on a scooter witnessed the stabbing and confronted Zisopoulos in an try and cease the assault, regulation enforcement sources mentioned.
“F–okay you! F–okay you!” the crazed assailant screamed as he began to chase down the witness together with his bloodied knife, in keeping with the sources.
The witness bought again on his scooter and fled.
Russo-Elling had been with the FDNY for twenty-four years and spent her whole profession working in Queens. On the time of her demise, she had been about six months away from retirement.
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