Police in Brooklyn continue to investigate a double stabbing on Friday night at an IHOP restaurant that left one man dead and another seriously wounded.
A person of interest is being questioned in connection with the violence that occurred at the chain eatery located at 11000 Flatlands Ave. in East New York just after 10:30 p.m. on Sept. 5.
Officers from the 75th Precinct responded to the location and found two victims: a 41-year-old man stabbed in the left arm, and 67-year-old Hector Reinoso-Perez, of Pennsylvania Avenue in Brooklyn, who suffered a knife wound to his stomach.
EMS rushed Reinoso-Perez to Brookdale University Hospital, where he later died of his injuries. The other man was not hospitalized for his injuries, police reported.
As day broke on Saturday morning, NYPD Crime Scene Unit members were still scouring the area outside the IHOP looking for evidence. A blood-covered apron was found on the ground with an evidence marker near the entrance.
Later, one of the victims’ family members arrived at the scene looking for answers as well.
Charges against the person of interest being questioned by police are still pending the results of the ongoing investigation, police sources said.
It was the second emergency incident involving an IHOP restaurant in Brooklyn in as many days. On Friday morning, nine people were injured when a ceiling collapsed at an IHOP location in Georgetown.
This story was updated on Sept. 6 at 7:45 p.m. to reflect new information from the NYPD.
