NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A man was arraigned on an indictment charging him with murder for allegedly stabbing his estranged wife to death during a jealous rage at their home last month, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Wednesday.
It is also alleged the defendant attacked the couple’s 15-year-old son with a knife when the teen tried to defend his mother.
Gordon Lewis, 45, was charged with murder, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal possession of a weapon.
According to the investigation, at approximately 9:30 p.m. on Dec. 22, Lewis fatally stabbed his 47-year-old wife, Antoinette Stewart-Gordon, during a jealous rage inside the couple’s home on East 81st Street near Flatlands Avenue in Canarsie.
Lewis and the victim had separated and were dating other people, prosecutors said. When Lewis came home and observed a bruise-like mark or "hickey" on her neck and began to choke her.
The couple’s son tried to intervene and Lewis went into the kitchen, grabbed a knife, then stabbed the victim multiple times in the neck and body.
The teen was slashed on the hand when he tried to help his mother, then went to an upstairs neighbor who called 911.
The victim was taken to Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center where she was pronounced dead.
The teen was treated at the hospital and released.
Lewis turned himself in at the local precinct the next day. He was ordered held without bail and set to return on court on March 5. If convicted, Lewis faces up to 25 years to life in prison.
"This tragic case of domestic violence has left a family shattered—a woman’s life was taken, and her teenage son now bears the deep emotional scars of witnessing such a brutal act," D.A. Gonzalez said. No family should ever have to suffer this kind of pain, and we are fully committed to seeking justice for them while holding those who commit gender-based violence accountable."