NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – A man was sentenced for fatally stabbing his grandfather with a machete and wounding two other family members, including a 4-year-old niece, during a rampage at the family's home in Brooklyn, prosecutors announced on Monday.
Dayquan Dubose, 26, was sentenced to 18 years to life in prison following his guilty plea to second-degree murder on Nov. 14, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.
According to court documents, on Jan. 3, 2021, at around 5 p.m., Dubose got into an argument with his four-year-old niece inside a first-floor apartment in Bedford-Stuyvesant. He then pulled out an 18-inch machete and cut the girl on the hip, according to prosecutors.
Dubose then went up to a second-floor apartment where an uncle let him in and he walked into a bedroom where his 79-year-old grandfather, James Dubose Sr., and his 49-year-old brother-in-law were watching television.
Dubose began to stab the grandfather in the abdomen. When the brother-in-law intervened, and attempted to grab the machete, Dubose slashed the brother-in-law on the hand, prosecutors said. Two additional family members were able to hold Dubose down until police arrived at the apartment and arrested him.
James Dubose Sr. was taken to Interfaith Medical Center where he later died of injuries.
The 49-year-old was taken to Kings County Hospital, while the 4-year-old girl was taken to Woodhull Hospital. Both were treated for their injuries and released.
"This sentence holds the defendant accountable for a tragic, senseless, and truly horrific act of violence perpetrated against members of his own family," Gonzalez said. "My condolences go out to the family of James Dubose Sr. for their tremendous loss. Thankfully, the other two victims recovered from their wounds."
