A left wing activist who was stabbed to death in New York City while waiting at a bus stop with his girlfriend, had just spent the evening prior with his partner at a wedding.
Ryan Carson, 32, was stabbed in the chest multiple times, and the blade pierced his heart, during the unprovoked attack at 4am near Lafayette Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard in Brooklyn.
Dressed in a suit, Carson was returning home from a wedding – and his girlfriend Claudia posted an image of them smiling together at the nuptials hours before the tragedy.
Ryan was with his girlfriend when the suspect – wearing a dark colored sweatshirt with his hood up – asked ‘What the f**k are you looking at?’ before violently stabbing him in the chest.
Ryan Carson was returning home from a wedding – and his girlfriend Claudia posted an image of them smiling together just hours before the tragedy. They are wearing the same outfits seen in the security footage
![Ryan Carson, 32, was stabbed in the chest at around 4am at a bus stop, about a mile away at Lafayette Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard in Brooklyn. He was returning home after attending a wedding](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/04/10/76138367-12590641-image-a-1_1696412843115.jpg)
Ryan Carson, 32, was stabbed in the chest at around 4am at a bus stop, about a mile away at Lafayette Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard in Brooklyn. He was returning home after attending a wedding
In security footage, the assailant can be seen kicking over scooters before turning on the couple.
The attacker can be heard saying ‘I’ll kill you!’ on camera while Carson pleads with him and holds up his hand.
His girlfriend can be heard in the security footage shouting: ‘Please, please, please!’
Carson falls over the bench he had been sitting on before the attacker knocks him to the ground and knifes him multiple times.
He then spits on the girlfriend, kicks Carson’s body and storms away.
A woman who has not yet been identified then appears, shouting at the assailant: ‘Don’t hurt him!’
It is believed that this second woman may know the suspect, repeating the name Brian or Bryan.
She approaches Carson, and says ‘I’m so sorry’ while warning his girlfriend, ‘Go watch him,’ while pointing at the alleged attacker. She then announces that she’s calling 911.
According to sources, the suspect threw the weapon in the trash, but then went back to retrieve it.
Authorities recovered the victim’s glasses and two of his girlfriend’s books from the scene.
Carson’s girlfriend held him in her arms before he was taken to Kings County Hospital Center, where he later died.
The day after, she posted a screenshot of a note she found in his phone that read: ‘When you get right down to it, all I want is to love Claudia more than she’s ever been loved, which is frankly all she’s ever deserved.’
She added the caption: ‘I found this note in Ryan’s phone. He did, he did, he did.’
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![The man is seen lying on the ground after being stabbed](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/04/10/76141965-12590641-The_man_is_seen_lying_on_the_ground_after_being_stabbed-a-3_1696412843116.jpg)
The man is seen lying on the ground after being stabbed
![The attacker can be heard saying 'I'll kill you!' on camera while Carson pleads with him and holds up his hand](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/04/10/76141955-12590641-The_attacker_can_be_heard_saying_I_ll_kill_you_on_camera_while_C-a-4_1696412843116.jpg)
The attacker can be heard saying ‘I’ll kill you!’ on camera while Carson pleads with him and holds up his hand
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Carson worked as a senior solid waste campaign manager at the New York Public Interest Research Group – and was remembered as someone who tried to make the world a better place.
In a statement, NYPIRG called Carson ‘a beloved staffer, colleague and friend, and a creative, talented, relentless and upbeat advocate for students and the environment.’
Carson’s friend and roommate Tom Krantz, 31, told the Post it was remarkable ‘how much [Carson] actually did for the entire city and for his friends.
‘He’s really like the epicenter of an entire community that he created, that he brought together.
![Carson's girlfriend held him in her arms before he was taken to Kings County Hospital Center, where he later died](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/04/10/76137321-12590641-Carson_s_girlfriend_held_him_in_her_arms_before_he_was_taken_to_-a-6_1696412843117.jpg)
Carson’s girlfriend held him in her arms before he was taken to Kings County Hospital Center, where he later died
![No arrests have been made](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/04/10/76137301-12590641-No_arrests_have_been_made-a-7_1696412843118.jpg)
No arrests have been made
‘I don’t think anyone is exaggerating when they say he would give the shirt off his back. He was the guy that bent over backward time and time again to be there with his friends.’
State Assemblymember Emily Gallagher, a friend of Carson’s, said: ‘You know it’s hard when the person you go to to talk about grief is the one who died. It’s been really difficult to comprehend.’
New York City Council Member Chi Ossé also said: ‘I’m horrified to learn of the brutal murder of advocate Ryan Carson in Brooklyn today. This tireless defender of his neighbors was stolen from us. Committed to ending this senseless violence, my heart is with his family.’
No arrests have been made.
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