Overview
- Police say officers were called shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday to a Travis Avenue home in Elmont, where 33-year-old Jasson Phillips was found with multiple stab wounds and later pronounced dead at a hospital.
- Witnesses at the residence identified 23-year-old Desean Harrison as the attacker, and police arrested him at the scene without incident.
- At a Hempstead arraignment, Judge Lisa M. Petrocelli ordered Harrison held without bail after he entered a not guilty plea, according to court records.
- Newsday, citing court papers, reports a first-degree murder charge, while ABC7 and the Daily News cite second-degree murder, reflecting conflicting accounts of the specific charge.
- The Daily News also published the surname as Hamilton and reported investigators believe an argument over living conditions preceded the stabbing, whereas prosecutors described an argument at the shared home.