A transgender Brooklyn woman was arrested Thursday, accused of stabbing her father to death and putting her sister in critical condition after an altercation allegedly broke out at their home.
Police initially said that two criminals broke into the second-floor home in the early morning, demanding money from the occupants that was contained in a safe at the residence, according to CBS News. The attackers then stabbed 61-year-old father and his 19-year-old daughter multiple times, and stabbed his 22-year-old daughter, police said, according to the New York Post.
The younger daughter was rushed to Maimonides Medical Center and is currently in a critical condition, the outlets reported. The 22-year-old was transported to New York University’s Langone Hospital and is expected to recover from the attack after sustaining minor injuries.
The 22-year-old, named Nikki Secondino, was arrested late Thursday night in connection to the deadly stabbing and has been charges with murder, attempted murder, and criminal possession of a weapon, according to a CBS News update.
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Sources now say that Secondino lied to the police, claiming that she and her relatives were victims of a home invasion, CBS continued. (RELATED: STUDY: Burglaries Drop In Areas With High Gun Permits)
Reports suggest that Secondino was transitioning from male to female, a journey her father supported, her father’s employer told the New York Post. “I know that there was always fights. He was always working here all day, but during the day he would always say she’s crazy, she’s got some issues, problems, she doesn’t want to work,” the employer told the outlet.
New York is among many states that have experienced a historic rise in violent crime in 2022. Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul was berated by MSNBC anchor Joe Scarborough in early November over the city’s crime surge.
Editor’s Note: This article was updated Friday morning to include new details reported by CBS.