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According to police sources, officers from the 79th Precinct were called to the home of 85-year-old Julia Boomer at 638 Throop Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant minutes before 10 p.m. on Jan. 13.<\/p>\n
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A Brooklyn<\/a> man has been charged with stabbing his grandmother to death in a bloody attack at the apartment building<\/a> where they lived earlier this week.<\/p>\n Police said 22-year-old Jackson King was charged Friday night on murder and criminal possession of a weapon charges for the Jan. 13 killing of 85-year-old Julia Boomer.\n<\/p>\n Authorities reported that Boomer was stabbed multiple times inside the home she shared with King, at 638 Throop Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant, just before 10 p.m. on Jan. 13.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n Cops say the victim\u2019s daughter made the grim discovery, finding her mother \u2014 85-year-old Julia Boomer \u2014 with multiple stab wounds throughout her body.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n Officers from the 79th Precinct<\/a> responded to the scene. Boomer was rushed to Kings Country Hospital in critical condition; she ultimately died there a short time later.\u00a0<\/p>\n While the exact motive for the brutal slaying is not yet clear, police say they believe the killing to be a domestic dispute.\n<\/p>\n King had been taken into custody at the scene and held for questioning. Police said the 22-year-old suspect has three prior arrests on his rap sheet, including charges of grand larceny and criminal contempt.\u00a0<\/p>\n The suspect is due to appear in Kings County Criminal Court for arraignment on Saturday morning, according to court records.\n<\/p>\n It was the first reported homicide in the 79th Precinct this year;\u00a0the command had eight murders in 2025<\/a>, according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n \t