Police arrest 34-year-old man over horrific New York City ax attack that saw a woman hacked to death

Man, 34, is charged over NYC ax attack that left a mom-to-be dead and a woman fighting for life as it emerges girl, 4, was in a nearby room and suspect ‘asked hardware staff to sharpen the weapon’

  • New York police have charged a 34-year old Jerry Brown over Saturday morning’s horrific ax attack in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn 
  • The gruesome incident, which occurred inside an eighth-floor apartment, left one woman dead and another fighting for life
  • Brown has been charged with second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon
  • It’s believed he knew both of the women he attacked, and that the incident was not random  
  • The deceased – who was reportedly found with her head nearly severed from her body – has been identified as Savannah Rivera, 20
  • Her distraught family have revealed she was two months pregnant with her second child 
  • A second woman, Angela Valle, 21, survived the gruesome attack and was found bleeding heavily with lacerations to her head and body 
  • Valle’s four-year-old daughter was in the apartment at the time of the attack, but was unharmed  
  • The murder weapon is believed to have been purchased from a hardware store just meters from the apartment
  • According to an employee, the suspect asked for the ax to be sharpened before purchasing it 

Police have arrested a man over Saturday’s horrific ax attack in New York City that left one woman dead and another fighting for life. 

Jerry Brown, 34, of Brooklyn, was charged early Sunday morning with second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in relation to the incident. 

He is alleged to have gone on the violent rampage in the early hours of Saturday morning while inside the eighth-floor apartment of Angela Valle, 21.   

Medics arrived to find Valle outside her East Williamsburg complex shortly after 1.30 am, where she was bleeding heavily with lacerations to her head and body. 

She told them another female, 20-year-old Savannah Rivera, was dead upstairs.

Investigators proceeded into the apartment to find Rivera unconscious and unresponsive on the living room floor. 

Police sources have reportedly told The New York Daily News that her head was ‘almost severed from her body and several of her fingers were severed.’

Rivera’s distraught family have told The New York Post that she was two months pregnant with her second child. 

Pregnant 20-year-old Savannah Rivera (pictured) has been identified as the victim of Saturday’s horrific ax attack in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn

21-year-old Angela Valle (pictured) has been named as the surivor of the attack. She escaped the apartment bleeding heavily and with lacerations all over her body.

21-year-old Angela Valle (pictured) has been named as the surivor of the attack. She escaped the apartment bleeding heavily and with lacerations all over her body.

The violence is said to have unfolded in Valle's apartment in East Williamsburg (pictured)

The violence is said to have unfolded in Valle’s apartment in East Williamsburg (pictured)

Rivera’s sister stated that she was nine weeks pregnant and had only begun telling friends and family about the happy news in recent days. 

The deceased leaves behind a three-year-old son named Sebastian. 

Meanwhile, Valle’s four-year-old daughter was also found inside the apartment. She was unharmed, but was taken to hospital for evaluation and observation.

An ax, thought to be the murder weapon, was found in the building’s trash compactor.

According to the New York Post, the person responsible for the attack may have purchased the ax from a hardware store just meters from Valle’s apartment.  

An employee at Florama Hardward in East Williamsburg says he remembers the suspect coming into the store and asking for an ax. 

‘He asked if we can sharpen it for him,’ the employee told the publication after presenting the man with a Mintcraft-brand ax for $39.98.   

The person responsible for the attack may have purchased the Mintcraft ax from a hardware store just meters from Valle's apartment

The person responsible for the attack may have purchased the Mintcraft ax from a hardware store just meters from Valle’s apartment

Valle's  four-year-old daughter (pictured) was  inside the apartment at the time of the ax attack. She was unharmed, but was taken to hospital for evaluation and observation

Valle’s  four-year-old daughter (pictured) was  inside the apartment at the time of the ax attack. She was unharmed, but was taken to hospital for evaluation and observation

Investigators found Rivera (pictured) hacked to death inside the East Williamsburg apartment

 Investigators found Rivera (pictured) hacked to death inside the East Williamsburg apartment

Rivera was a mother to a three-year-old son named Sebastian, and was two months pregnant with her second child, according to her devastated family

Rivera was a mother to a three-year-old son named Sebastian, and was two months pregnant with her second child, according to her devastated family  

Valle is currently in a critical but stable condition in Elmhurst hospital. 

She initially tried to escape her blood-soaked apartment by calling an Uber. 

However, the driver noticed she was bleeding heavily and called 911, The New York Post reported. Medics arrived shortly afterward. 

Angela Valle (piuctured) remains in hospital following the attack

Savannah Rivera (pictured) was found dead at the scene

Valle (left) remains in hospital following the attack, while Rivera (right) was pronounced dead at the scene

Valle (pictured) is the mother of a four-year-old daughter who was inside the apartment at the time of the ax attack, but was left unharmed

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