A 45-year-old Brooklyn dad has been charged with murder for allegedly stabbing his wife to death — in a vicious attack that left the couple’s teen son injured as he tried to intervene, cops and prosecutors said.
Lewis Gordon was nabbed on Monday, less than 24 hours after he allegedly plunged a knife into 47-year-old Antoinette Stewart-Gordon’s neck and stomach inside their home on East 81st Street near Flatlands Avenue in Canarsie, police said Thursday.
The couple’s 15-year-old son stepped in to help his dying mom, but ended up with a slash wound on his hand during the Sunday evening fight, according to cops and a criminal complaint.
Lewis Gordon, 45, was charged with second-degree murder in the Sunday stabbing death of his 47-year-old wife, Antoinette Stewart-Gordon, inside their Canarsie home, cops said. Google MapsThe gravely injured mom was rushed to Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, where she succumbed to her injuries, cops said.
The teen boy was listed in stable condition.
His callous dad was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, endangering the welfare of a child and criminalpossession of a weapon, according to a criminal complaint.
The couple’s 15-year-old son was slashed on the hand while trying to stop the violence, cops said.
Gordon was ordered held without bail during his Christmas Day arraignment, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office.
He has no prior arrests, cops said.
The motive for the deadly domestic clash was unclear Thursday.
