Quantcast

Man in custody after victim with stab wounds found during wellness check in Brooklyn

135 elmira loop on maps
Photo via Google Maps

The NYPD is investigating the death of a man who was found stabbed inside a Brooklyn apartment early Saturday morning.

At 4:29 a.m. on July 3, officers from the 75th Precinct conducted a wellness check at an apartment inside 135 Elmira Loop. Upon their arrival cops found a man in the apartment with stab wounds to his head and body.

EMS rushed to the location and declared the victim dead at the scene. Cops later identified the victim as 67-year-old Ronald Snoddy.

Moses Ewan, 35, was taken into custody at the scene, cops said, and was charged with murder later that evening.

The investigation remains ongoing.