NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A Brooklyn man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the 2017 death of a Greenpoint playwright and actor who was fatally stabbed in front of his "forever traumatized" wife, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Wednesday.
According to the investigation, the victim, George Carroll, 42, was walking home with his wife on Monitor Street on Aug. 18, 2017, at around 9:25 p.m., when he encountered Gary Correa and a small group of people on the steps of P.S. 110.
Carroll and Correa allegedly made eye contact and had a brief verbal exchange. Correa then allegedly stood and started yelling at Carroll and his wife as they attempted to leave.
Correa then retrieved an approximately eight-inch-long knife from his Dodge Durango, which was parked in front of the school. According to the investigation, he then followed Carroll down the street and stabbed him once in the chest.
Correa then fled the scene in his SUV as Carroll lay bleeding on the sidewalk. The victim was pronounced dead at NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull.
The defendant was eventually arrested on Aug. 31 by NYPD officers.
Following a jury trial, the 24-year-old was found guilty of first-degree manslaughter on Jan. 20.
In addition to Caroll's prison sentence, Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Jane Tully sentenced him to five years of post-release supervision.
"This was a brutal and unprovoked attack that left an innocent man dead and his wife forever traumatized," Gonzalez said in a statement. "Nothing will bring George Carroll back, but with today’s sentence we have obtained a measure of justice and ensured that this defendant will no longer be a threat to anyone else in our community."
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