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Man stabbed dead in Brooklyn apartment building lobby in borough’s third murder in 12 hours

A police officer at a crime scene in Brooklyn.
FILE- A police officer at a crime scene.
File photo by Dean Moses

Brooklyn detectives are investigating a deadly stabbing at a public housing complex on Saturday morning that claimed a man’s life.

According to police sources, the grim discovery was made at around 5:44 a.m. on March 8 inside the lobby of a building at 153 Marcus Garvey Blvd., within the Roosevelt Houses in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Officers from the 81st Precinct and Police Service Area 3 received a frantic 911 call about an unconscious man at the location.

Upon arrival, officers say they discovered 47-year-old Donald Nesbit of Coney Island unresponsive with stab wounds to the back. EMS pronounced him dead at the scene.

It marked the third homicide in Brooklyn in less than 12 hours. Police are also investigating separate shootings in Bedford-Stuyvesant on Friday night and Broadway Junction early on Saturday morning.

The victim in Saturday’s deadly stabbing is known to police, sources familiar with the case said. It is not immediately clear when or why the deadly attack occurred.

No arrests have been made and the investigation remains ongoing, police reported. 

Anyone with information regarding this homicide can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, or on X (formerly Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are kept confidential