{"id":3519,"date":"2025-10-15T14:58:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T14:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/3519\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T14:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T14:58:11","slug":"man-who-walked-into-brooklyn-police-precinct-and-confessed-to-a-murder-wont-be-charged-da","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/3519\/","title":{"rendered":"Man who walked into Brooklyn police precinct and confessed to a murder won\u2019t be charged: DA"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The unidentified person of interest was walked out of the 77th Precinct\u2019s headquarters in Crown Heights on the afternoon of Oct. 13, wearing a Tyvek suit and handcuffs. He was placed in the back of an ambulance and taken to a local hospital, most likely for a psychiatric evaluation.<\/p>\n

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The man who walked into a Brooklyn police precinct Monday while covered in blood and admitted to killing a man in his apartment<\/a> will not be charged because it may have been an act of self-defense, amNewYork has learned.<\/p>\n

The 58-year-old resident of 207 Troy Ave. in Crown Heights walked into the 77th Precinct<\/a> at around 3:15 a.m. on Oct. 13 weeping with blood over his hands and told officers that he believed he had killed a man. When cops arrived at the home they found bloody footprints in the hallway leading to the apartment where they discovered 56-year-old homeless man Kenneth Dantzler face up with stab wounds to the chest and arms.<\/p>\n

Dantzler was pronounced dead at the scene. A blood-covered knife and scissors were also found nearby.
\n\"\"<\/a>Detectives in Brooklyn are questioning an individual after he walked, bloody, into a Brooklyn police precinct Monday morning and told cops he had murdered a man.Photo by Dean Moses\n<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, detectives questioned the unnamed suspect throughout the day before transferring him to Interfaith Medical Center via an ambulance for a psychological evaluation. He was spotted on Monday afternoon exiting the rear of the 77th Precinct and being helped into an ambulance wearing a Tyvek suit and handcuffs.<\/p>\n

Sources familiar with the investigation, however, said on Wednesday that the man will not be charged due to evidence suggesting that the slaying was an act of self-defense. Police have not yet provided details surrounding exactly what took place in the home.<\/p>\n

amNewYork reached out to the Brooklyn District Attorney\u2019s office regarding their decision not to prosecute the individual. A spokeperson said that the investigation remains ongoing.\n<\/p>\n

Locals in the area said people mostly stayed to themselves but were nonetheless shocked by the killing.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been here for four years, and I\u2019ve never felt unsafe,\u201d Taylor Parker said. \u201cIt\u2019s terrible, it\u2019s very sad.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

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