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New York man, 45, with previous homicide conviction arrested in stabbing death of ‘good Samaritan’ who tried to stop vicious robbery on Brooklyn street

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;443a3c"><strong>Arrest made in stabbing death of a man who tried to break up a knife fight during a robbery on a street in Brooklyn&comma; NY <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;443a3c"><strong>Brooklyn man who served 10 years in prison for manslaughter was arrested on Sunday&comma; in the fatal stabbing of a man outside a Brooklyn gambling den on Sunday night<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;443a3c"><strong>William Smith&comma; 45&comma; is facing charges of murder&comma; robbery&comma; and three counts of assault<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;443a3c"><strong>He is accused of stabbing <strong>Yong Zheng&comma; 46&comma;<&sol;strong> with a screwdriver as the latter came to the rescue of the victim in a robbery that had escalated to a knife fight<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;443a3c"><strong>Smith was arrested Sunday after police tracked his car&comma; which was apparently caught on camera fleeing the scene <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;443a3c"><strong>The suspect has a list of deadly priors&comma; including a 1996 conviction for manslaughter<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;03&sol;Yong-Zheng-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-372601" width&equals;"576" height&equals;"666"&sol;><figcaption><strong>William Smith is facing charges of murder&comma; robbery&comma; and three counts of assault in the fatal stabbing of Yong Zheng&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The 45-year-old man arrested is expected to be officially charged in the fatal stabbing&comma; and stabbing attack on three other men &period; <br>The suspect&comma; an ex-con jailed for manslaughter 25 years ago was arrested Sunday in connection to the fatal stabbing of a good Samaritan who was trying to break up a knife fight outside a Brooklyn gambling den&comma; police said Monday&period; <br>William Smith was arrested at 6&colon;45 p&period;m&period; Sunday in connection to the death of Yong Zheng on Friday night&period;<br>Zheng&comma; 46&comma; was celebrating the lantern festival with some friends in Sunset Park&period; <br>They were walking past the basement hot spot at 57th Street and Seventh Avenue in Sunset Park police said&comma; when they spotted a vicious brawl as an Asian man being attacked and robbed&period; <br>Zheng went to help the victim and stop the brawl&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;03&sol;Pool-of-blood-on-Brooklyn-street-where-William-Smith-stabbed-Yong-Zheng-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-372587"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Pool of blood on the street at the spot in Brooklyn on Sunday&comma; where William Smith fatally stabbed Yong Zheng during a robbery<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>By the end of the vicious fight four men were stabbed&comma; including Zheng&comma; who did not survive&period;<br>Three other men&comma; 39&comma; 42&comma; and 49&comma; who were also at the gambling den&comma; were also stabbed as Smith and at least three others robbed the underground establishment&comma; cops said&period; <br>According to police sources&comma; a total of six people were injured&comma; four were treated at an area hospital while two others were treated at the scene and released&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;03&sol;William-Smith-5&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-372600"&sol;><figcaption><strong>William Smith &lbrack;standing next to the bicycle&rsqb;&comma; is caught on surveillance camera stabbing the<&sol;strong> <strong>victim<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;03&sol;William-Smith-4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"This image has an empty alt attribute&semi; its file name is William-Smith-4&period;jpg"&sol;><figcaption><strong>The other victims flee as he approaches with his screwdriver&comma; before he turns and flees the scene himself<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Some of those injured&comma; including Zheng had been innocent bystanders who were among a group of men and women on their way home from a Chinese Lunar New Year dinner&period;<br>Smith was arrested Sunday after police tracked his car&comma; which was apparently caught on camera fleeing the scene&period; He was charged with murder&comma; robbery and three counts of assault&comma; police said&period; <br>He is set to be arraigned later Monday&period;<br>His vicious history of felonies includea being arrested for murder back in 1996&period; Ultimately he was convicted of manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon&period; <br>He was sentenced to 5-to-15 years behind bars&comma; but ten years into his sentence in 2006&comma; he was conditionally released on parole&comma; the records show&period;<br>He has four other arrests&comma; including at least one for weapons possession&comma; driving while intoxicated in 2010&comma; and drugs sales in 2007&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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