A man has been charged after officials say a dispute over a French bulldog urinating on a lawn resulted in three people stabbed in Queens on Thursday.
The dog owners, a 39-year-old man and a woman, were stabbed by a resident of the home on 229th Street, police say.
The 34-year-old suspect, Hakeem Alexander, is in custody and has been charged with three counts of assault.
Surveillance video taken just before 11 a.m. shows a man and a woman walking their French bulldog on 229th Street near 141st Avenue. The small dog appears to urinate in a patch of grass outside of their next-door neighbor’s home, prompting a response from two men inside, who then appear to relieve themselves on the lawn next door.
That’s when things turned violent and a melee ensued between the neighbors.
Police say the 34-year-old stabbed the 39-year-old woman in the hand and the 39-year-old man in the back. The suspect’s 62-year-old father also got involved and was slashed in the hand.
All three went to Jamaica Hospital, and are in stable condition.
“It’s really senseless to get violent and go to that extreme over something like that,” said neighbor Bobby Sauro.
Police bagged up evidence later in the afternoon and a knife was recovered at the scene.
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