The heartbroken widow of the Good Samaritan who died during a stabbing outside an underground gambling den in Brooklyn is speaking out.
As Zheng s 4-year-old son wiped away his mother s tears, Zheng s widow told Eyewitness News the crime has left her devastated. He heard robbery, he didn t know what was going on, he saw a crime and he tried to stop it, his widow, Jin Zhao, said through a translator.
But it was not a bias attack, after all. It was an armed robbery outside an illegal gambling hall. We want to cry, Chen said. These bad men didn t just kill Mr. Zheng, they killed an entire family.
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Authorities in New York have arrested one suspect in connection to a stabbing that wounded three men and killed one Good Samaritan who was trying to intervene.
William Smith, 45, was arrested on Sunday and charged with murder, robbery and three counts of assault following the fatal incident, a spokesperson for the New York Police Department tells PEOPLE. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
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The stabbing occurred around 9:30 p.m. on Friday night when authorities received a call about an assault near Sunset Park in Brooklyn, according to police.
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SUNSET PARK, Brooklyn (WABC) The heartbroken widow of the Good Samaritan who died during a stabbing outside an underground gambling den in Brooklyn is speaking out.
Jin Zhao, 39, still can t process the horrific nightmare - that her husband, Yong Zheng, a hero to his last breath, is gone. Still couldn t believe that he s gone, Zhao said through a translator.
On Friday night, Zheng was celebrating the lantern festival with some friends in Sunset Park, when they saw an Asian man being viciously attacked and robbed. With anti-Asian violence spiking across the country, Zheng did not hesitate to help.
By the end of the vicious fight, blood was shed and four men were stabbed - one of them fatally.that was Zheng, the Good Samaritan.