Gary Correa identified as man who stabbed George Carroll

NYPD officials have identified Gary Correa, 19, (pictured) as the man who stabbed George Carroll, 42, on Friday night just steps away from Carroll’s house in Brooklyn

A teenager has been identified as the person who stabbed a man to death steps away from his home in Brooklyn.

NYPD officials have identified Gary Correa, 19, as the man who stabbed George Carroll, 42, on Friday night.

Carroll had just left dinner with his wife, Christina Romero Carroll, around 9.30pm when they came across a group of people, including Correa. 

The 19-year-old was identified as a suspect by NYPD after another man he was hanging out with showed up at the crime scene to pick up his car, which he left behind during the attack, the New York Daily News reported. 

That man did not take part in the murder, according to the outlet. 

Carroll and his wife were walking down Monitor Street in Greenpoint near the group who were hanging out around an SUV, Carroll’s wife told NBC 4. 

One of the men looked at her husband, they made eye contact and he 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.”‘

 

George Carroll (pictured), 42, had just left dinner around 9.30pm when they came across a group of people, including Correa

His wife, Christina Romero Carroll, was with him at the time. She broke down in tears as she spoke about his death

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.

‘Mr Carroll was walking down the street and just some eyes back and forth led to a dispute,’ NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said.

Officials have not arrested Correa, but detectives looked for clues in the Bushwick Houses, where Correa lives, all day Monday to find out where he has gone, NY Daily News reported.

 Boyce has asked for the public’s help to find the teen.  

‘[Correa] is 19 years old, looks a bit older than that, but he’s got 13 prior arrests,’ he said. ‘Detectives have been working all weekend on this case.’ 

The 19-year-old has a long arrest record, police said, including arrests for robbery, burglary and drug possession. 

He was most recently arrested in May and was charged with robbery and grand larceny, NY Daily News reported.

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

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

‘It’s still not registering… We had just seen an apartment — we were going to see two more apartments today. I can’t believe we’re talking about him in the past,’ said Christina Romero Carroll about her late husband.

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. 

Carroll (pictured with his wife on their 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

Despite Greenpoint’s rapidly rising rents and high standard of living, residents of the neighborhood say that over at McGolrick Park, less than a block from where Carroll was stabbed, a growing homeless population and raucous youth are causing concerns.

‘There has been a group of older teens. They hang out by the schoolhouse or the park. I won’t go by them, whether it’s day or night,’ John Allens, a truck driver, told The New York Post.

‘They’re loud, they’re rowdy . . . Neighbors have been complaining, but nothing got done. Within the last few years, the surge of drugs in the neighborhood is incredible. You can smell the reefer everywhere.’

Danielle Pirhaly, 40, a dental assistant in New York City, described the kids who have taken over the park ‘young punks.’

‘They like to go and cause trouble. There are always fights here . . . They beat up a young kid, stuffed him in the garbage. They broke someone’s jaw,’ she claimed. 

No arrests have been made in the incident and police have not provided a description of the man. 

Romero Carroll says now that all she hopes for is that the killer is caught and brought to justice. 

‘These people are still out there,’ she said. ‘I just want to get the word out. Sometimes we see something and we don’t know what we’re looking at. . Maybe if there is more information someone can say, “Oh I saw this.’ ” 

Anyone with information on Correa’s whereabouts has been asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477)

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