[New post] Crime: Veteran and first responder on 9/11 killed in “barbaric and completely unprovoked” stabbing in New York City
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Police said a longtime veteran of the New York City Fire Department's Bureau of Emergency Medical Services was fatally stabbed during her lunch break on Thursday. A suspect has been detained..
Lt. Alison Russo-Elling was stabbed to death in an unprovoked attack in Astoria Thursday. Facebook/Alison Russo
Lt. Alison Russo-Elling, a 25-year FDNY EMS veteran, was stabbed multiple times Thursday afternoon while on duty in Queens, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said at a press conference.
The 61-year-old was rushed to a hospital in Queens, where she died from her injuries, Adams said.
Two people who know the perpetrator witnessed the attack, and one of them chased him into his third floor residence, where he barricaded himself, Essig said. The suspect was talked out of the apartment by members of a hostage negotiating team and taken into custody. His name was not immediately released.
An undated photo of FDNY EMS Lt. Alison Russo, who was fatally stabbed while on duty in New York City on Sept. 29, 2022. NYC MAYOR'S OFFICE
The investigation into the attack is ongoing, police said.
Acting FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh called the attack on Russo-Elling — who served as a World Trade Center first responder on 9/11 — "barbaric and completely unprovoked."
"Members of EMS serve only to help and save other people's lives," she said. "To be attacked and killed in the course of helping others is both heartbreaking and enraging for our department in ways I cannot describe. Lt. Russo exemplified FDNY EMS. She served this city for 25 years, she was a World Trade Center first responder, she was cited multiple times for her bravery and her life saving work and she was absolutely beloved on this job."
Russo-Elling was the 1,158th member of the FDNY to die in the line of duty, and the second member of EMS, to die in the line of duty in the last 5 years, Kavanagh said.
Paramedics and first responders on the scene following the heinous attack. Matthew McDermott
NYPD Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell said the city is grieving the loss.
'This deadly, senseless, broad daylight attack on a uniformed EMT member is a direct assault on our society," she said. "It is the latest consequence of the violence that we relentlessly fight in our city."
Russo-Elling joined FDNY as an EMT in 1998, the department said. She was promoted to lieutenant in 2016.
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