NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after he allegedly attempted to stab two men to death inside a residential garage in South Ozone Park in September 2017, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said Friday.
Terrence Harry was inside the residential garage with the homeowner and another man on Sept. 23 at around 12:50 p.m. when he began yelling without provocation and stabbed the 39-year-old man in the neck, according to trial testimony.
When the homeowner witnessed the attack, he attempted to intervene and grabbed the defendant.
Katz said Harry then turned on the 46-year-old homeowner, who tried to move away but was stabbed once in the back. The defendant fled the scene immediately after the attack.
The homeowner’s friend underwent emergency surgery to repair a severed branch of his carotid artery and stabilize his collapsing trachea. He also sustained a collapsed lung in the knife attack. The homeowner required multiple staples to close a puncture wound to his back.
Harry was convicted in November 2021 of second-degree attempted murder following a two-week-long bench trial before Queens Supreme Court Justice Michelle Johnson.
Following his sentence, Harry will face five years’ of post release supervision.
"The defendant’s unprovoked knife attack could have ended the lives of the two victims. Both men sustained very serious injuries – including one victim surviving a severed artery and collapsed lung," Katz said. "The Court has ordered the defendant to prison with a sentence that hopefully provides a measure of justice to his victims."
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