Long Island Son Fatally Knifes Dad On Labor Day Morning: Police

MASTIC, NY — A man fatally knifed his father inside his Mastic apartment early Labor Day morning, Suffolk police said.

It was one of two stabbing incidents over Labor Day weekend in the Mastic-Shirley area. A man stabbed another, and was arrested for assault on Sunday afternoon in Shirley.

Police say Edward Brown called 911 at around 12:30 a.m. and reported he had been stabbed in his apartment on Mastic Boulevard, and when officers and personnel from Mastic Volunteer Ambulance Company responded, they tried life-saving measures, but he died at the scene.

A short time later, Brown’s son, Sage Arias-Brown, was cuffed, police said.

Homicide Squad detectives charged Arias-Brown, 33, of Lake Ronkonkoma, with second-degree murder, and he will be held
overnight at the 6th Precinct in Selden for arraignment at First District Court in Central Islip on Tuesday, according to police.

Further details were not immediately available.

Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at 631-852-6392, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS, a confidential police hotline. All calls will be kept confidential, police said.

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