The person accused of murdering a 19-year-old lady outdoors a Brooklyn deli after she rejected his advances surrendered to police on Friday.
Veo Kelly, 20, turned himself in to police, the place he was charged with homicide, assault, and weapons possession for allegedly fatally stabbing Samyia Spain and wounding her twin sister, Sanyia, earlier this week.
A video circulating on the social media platform X reveals Kelly being led out of a station in handcuffs right into a automotive. Folks may be heard jeering and hurling profanities on the 20-year-old suspect.
“You f—ing clown, ” one man might be heard on the video yelling instantly at Kelly. “He’s a clown,” the person provides earlier than utilizing stronger language.
Each twins went to a bodega with their brother simply after 2 a.m. on Sunday to get a snack after they encountered Kelly after he left an area membership.
Sanyia advised the New York Day by day Information that Kelly requested Samyia for her quantity. She gave him her Instagram as a substitute, however he grew to become upset when she didn’t comply with him again.
“I grabbed her telephone, and I used to be like, ‘Include me, include me,’” Sanyia mentioned. “I used to be like, ‘Why are you speaking to that boy?’ She mentioned, ‘I don’t need to speak to that boy.’”
“He was very aggressive to one of many women, attempting to get her contact info,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny advised reporters this week. “After they didn’t take to his advances, it received verbal and it received bodily.”
Initially, each girls and their brother have been in a position to chase Kelly away, however he returned to the bodega armed with a knife and waited outdoors for them.
When the group left the shop, police say Kelly stabbed Samyia within the neck and chest and stabbed her sister within the arm.
Each sisters have been rushed to the hospital, the place Samyia died. Sanyia recovered from her accidents and was later launched.
Investigators recognized Kelly as a suspect a number of days after the stabbing. Police say they discovered the garments he wore through the incident at his Bedford-Stuyvesant residence, however they nonetheless haven’t discovered the knife Kelly used.
His mom reportedly left city proper after a warrant for his arrest was executed.
The New York Day by day Information reported that police weren’t the one folks looking for Kelly. Three males went door-to-door in his residence constructing attempting to trace him down, neighbors mentioned. It’s unclear whether or not the boys have been in search of Kelly due to the stabbing or an unrelated incident.
Police mentioned Kelly had by no means met Samyia or her sister earlier than the deadly encounter on the bodega.
A GoFundMe fundraiser was arrange by the twins’ sister, Danasha Goodson, who wrote that the household wished to prepare a “lovely memorial” for Samyia.
“Samyia Spain was bright-eyed and prepared for the world. She was loving, caring and sort. The lifetime of the celebration, a star within the making, a pacesetter. She had a lot extra to do on this world, a lot extra to supply,” Goodson wrote on the fundraising web page. “Samyia misplaced her life to mindless violence, to the delicate male ego, as a result of violence in opposition to girls has been normalized and condoned. Samyia deserves to be right here, she deserves to be celebrated.”
Donations have been poured in beginning Wednesday, and practically $20,000 has been raised as of Saturday morning.
