A 48-year-old woman was stabbed to death at a YWCA in Brooklyn today, and police say a fellow resident of the facility is in custody.
Police were called to a dispute at the YWCA on Third Avenue and State Street in Boerum Hill around 7 a.m. Saturday. They found the victim stabbed several times in the back and torso.
Police say she also had defensive wounds to her arms.
She was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Police sources say the attack happened in the victim's room and her alleged attacker fled to back to her own room. Sources say that suspect was taken to the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation.
Police have identified the suspect as 55-year-old Dorothy Curry. She's been charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon.
They say a knife was found at the scene.
The facility houses low-income and homeless women.
One resident tells us she's shocked that an conflict became deadly.
"There are occasional fights and arguments, but nothing like this. Yeah, I do feel safe. There's security 24 hours a day," the woman said. "I'm really sad that there was a problem there. People sit out, and say hello — it's just sad, I guess it could happen anywhere, but they're good neighbors."
The YWCA issued a statement saying the women were long-time residents and neither had a history of violence.
The statement read in part: "Our 24-hour on site security responded to the incident immediately and no other residents were harmed. In the face of today's tragedy, the YWCA Brooklyn staff are offering increased support and counseling services to our 285 residents."