Teen in custody over fatal stabbing of sister, 26, inside Brooklyn home: officials

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NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Officials took a teen boy into custody on Sunday night after fatally stabbing his sister at her home in Brooklyn, according to authorities.

On Sunday, July 24, at approximately 11:30 p.m., police responded to a 911 call of an assault in progress at Beverley Road near E. 48th Street in East Flatbush.

Upon arrival, police observed 26-year-old Shanelle Colquhoun with stab wounds to her neck and arms, the NYPD said.

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EMS transported Colquhoun to NYC Health + Hospitals/ Kings County, where she was pronounced dead.

A 17-year-old boy was taken into police custody with charges pending, cops said.

The teen may have been an “emotionally disturbed person”, authorities said.

The investigation is ongoing.

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