CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (PIX11) — A man desperately tried to save a close family friend as she bled in his arms after a brutal attack in a Brooklyn park early Tuesday.
Shakeema Davis, 30, was fatally stabbed after a fight in Lincoln Terrace Park near Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights at around 12:40 a.m., according to the NYPD.
Shakeema Davis, 30, was stabbed to death in Lincoln Terrace Park on Aug. 18, 2026. (Credit: Family friend)
“I took my shirt off and tied it around her to compress her wounds. I tried to save her, and she took her last three breaths in my arms,” said Davis’s longtime friend, Freddie, trying to hold back the tears.
Freddie and Davis were in the park enjoying a summer night with food and friends before the victim and an unidentified man began arguing.
The confrontation escalated, and Davis was stabbed multiple times in front of her 7-year-old son, according to Freddie.
“All the blood that was on me. I can’t,” he said.
Police found the woman lying on the ground with several stab wounds. Davis was rushed to the hospital but could not be saved.
The suspect ran off. There have been no arrests.
“You know who you are,” Freddie said. “You can’t run and you can’t hide.”
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