BAY RIDGE, Brooklyn (PIX11) -- A male suspect was arrested in connection to the fatal stabbing in Bay Ridge on April 7, according to the NYPD.
Maurice Hartridge, 43, was taken into custody on Saturday and charged with manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon, police said.
The victim, Daryl Dawkins, 37, was stabbed in the torso on Third Avenue and 73rd Street and rushed to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.
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