West Hempstead man arrested in fatal stabbing

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A West Hempstead man was arrested June 4 after he fatally stabbed a Brooklyn man in the neck at a party in Canarsie.

The New York Daily News reported that Merciful Johnson, 31, who has been arrested in Nassau County in the past on drug charges and was recently paroled, stabbed Ean Bethea-Windsor in front of the Breukelen Houses on E. 105 St. Bethea-Windsor was rushed to Brookdale Hospital where he died from his injuries.

Multiple witnesses at the party identified Johnson as the attacker, and police arrested him Sunday.