A Brooklyn man was stabbed to death by a stranger as he walked home alongside his wife on Friday.
George Carroll, 42, had just left dinner with his wife, Christina Romero Carroll, around 9.30pm when they came across a group of people.
They were walking down Monitor Street in Greenpoint near the group who were hanging out around an SUV, Carroll’s wife told NBC 4.
George Carroll (pictured), 42, of Brooklyn, was stabbed to death by a stranger as he walked home alongside his wife on Friday
Carroll had just left dinner with his wife, Christina Romero Carroll, around 9.30pm when they came across a group of people hanging out around an SUV. Police said the incident took place near Msgr. McGoldrick Park (pictured) in Brooklyn
Romero Carroll said one of the men looked at her husband and spoke to him. She said the man then chased her husband, stabbed him and took off in the SUV. Photos of the scene showed yellow police tape surrounding a bloody sidewalk
One of the men looked at her husband and spoke to him.
‘It’s basically “what are you looking at?” That was it,’ Romero Carroll recalled. ‘And my husband, he’s a Texan, he’s like “I’m…looking.”‘
She said the man then chased her husband, stabbed him, and took off in the SUV. Carroll was taken to Woodhull Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Authorities said the incident took place near Msgr. McGoldrick Park in Brooklyn.
Photos of the scene showed yellow police tape surrounding a bloody sidewalk.
Carroll was a writer and actor who was originally from Texas, his wife said. He moved to New York in 2001 and they recently moved from East New York to Greenpoint because they thought it would be safer, his wife told NBC.
No arrests have been made in the incident and police have not provided a description of the man.
Police are asking anyone with information about the murder to submit tips to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577.
Carroll (pictured with his wife on his wedding day) was a writer and actor who was originally from Texas, his wife said. He moved to New York in 2001 and they recently moved from East New York to Greenpoint because they thought it would be safer