{"id":83856,"date":"2025-12-29T20:20:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T20:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/83856\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T20:20:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T20:20:09","slug":"bronx-mom-was-stabbed-to-death-in-elevator-by-upstairs-neighbor-after-long-feud-between-the-women-nypd-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/83856\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronx mom was stabbed to death in elevator by upstairs neighbor after long feud between the women: NYPD source"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Bronx mom stabbed to death in her apartment building<\/a> was slain in the elevator<\/a> by her upstairs neighbor, on the suspect\u2019s birthday, after a long feud between the two women, police sources said Monday.<\/p>\n

Shashamanie Thompson, 30, was stabbed in the stomach and left eye inside the elevator in her building on Ogden Ave. near W. 167th St. in Highbridge about 10 p.m. Saturday, cops said.<\/p>\n

Thompson\u2019s 9-year-old son was spending the holidays with his grandparents, who now plan to break the news to him on Tuesday his mother is dead.<\/p>\n

\u201cI picked him up the day before Christmas,\u201d said Thompson\u2019s dad, Mark Thompson, 55. \u201cNew Years, we were going to spend over there with him and his mother. That was the intention.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ShashamanieShashamanie Thompson was stabbed to death during a fight in her Bronx apartment building on Ogden Ave. near W. 167th St. in the Bronx on Saturday. (Sheetal Banchariya \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

Shashamanie\u2019s son last spoke to her the day before she was murdered.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe called to tell her he love her,\u201d his grandfather said.\u00a0 \u201cShe asked, \u2018For why you call?\u2019 He say, \u2018Just call to say, I love you.\u2019 That\u2019s what he said. She went, \u2018Oh, that\u2019s so sweet.\u2019 Because she thinking maybe he called for something else, talk about something else.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t really cried out loud yet,\u201d he added. \u201cBecause my wife, she constantly crying, as you talk to her and mention certain things, she just breaks down. So I\u2019m trying to be strong, give her mother comfort.\u201d<\/p>\n

The victim\u2019s upstairs neighbor, Beyonce Johnson, 24, and Saleh Ceesay, 21, who lives about two miles away according to cops, were taken into custody at the scene and a day later both charged with murder and manslaughter.<\/p>\n

\"SalehSaleh Ceesay, left, is pictured next to his attorney, Edward Sapone, during his arraignment in the Bronx on Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (Tomas E. Gaston \/ Pool)<\/p>\n

According to a police source, the victim ran into Johnson and Ceesay in the lobby of their building and their long-running feud flared up again. Johnson was celebrating her 24th birthday the day of the slaying. Ceesay is her boyfriend, neighbors said.<\/p>\n

After they all got into the elevator together, Johnson allegedly whipped a knife out of her purse and stabbed Thompson in the stomach and left eye, the source said. Casey is accused of grabbing Thompson in a headlock and punching her as the slaying unfolded, according to the source.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s a lovely person,\u201d Shashamanie\u2019s father said. \u201cShe have a good heart. A strong person. She\u2019s a fighter. She don\u2019t give up. I mean, for that to happen to her, it would have to take two people to do that to her.\u201d<\/p>\n

A neigbhor who declined to give his name recounted seeing Shashamanie mortally wounded.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was coming in from outside,\u201d said the neighbor. \u201cI was coming in from the store. I came in, I walked through the lobby door, look up. She\u2019s coming down the stairs.\u201d<\/p>\n

He saw her slump against the wall and collapse as she clutched her stomach. He called 911.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw her bleeding out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\"ShashamanieShashamanie Thompson (pictured) was stabbed to death during a fight in her Bronx apartment building on Ogden Ave. near W. 167th St. in the Bronx on Saturday. (Obtained by New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

Thompson was taken to Lincoln Hospital, where she died a little over two hours later.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was like four in the morning and I get a call (from cops),\u201d her father said. \u201cThey said she passed away \u2026 My whole body feel cold immediately. My stomach started hurting me. My wife was in the room. I came in her bed, I told her, she started crying. I had to console her.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just a big loss, man,\u201d he added. \u201cIt\u2019s a big void, because no other people is like that. You know, she\u2019s unique.\u201d<\/p>\n

The victim was an undocumented immigrant from Jamaica who worked odd jobs cooking and cleaning off the book, her father said.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe liked to dance,\u201d he said. \u201cShe\u2019s very funny. And she loved music. She could cook very well. She\u2019s not a stagnant person. She\u2019s very active. She does art, she cooks, she dance, she\u2019s funny. You know, she\u2019s nice, she\u2019s kind, she\u2019s very truthful. She\u2019s something.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI miss talking to her,\u201d he added. \u201cShe\u2019s that special spice, the special ingredient in the pot.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ShashamanieShashamanie Thompson (pictured) was stabbed to death during a fight in her Bronx apartment building on Ogden Ave. near W. 167th St. in the Bronx on Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025. (Obtained by New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

The two suspects were awaiting arraignment in Bronx Criminal Court Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Johnson has two prior arrests, includng for criminal contempt, harassment and violating an order of protection in November 2021. The victim in that case was 19-year-old woman. And in April 2018, Johnson was arrested for criminal mishief.<\/p>\n

Cessey has no prior arrests, according to cops.<\/p>\n

The victim had three arrests on her record, inlucing a June assault bust near her home where she was accused of punching a 36-year-old woman in the face. In April 2024 she was arrested for weapon possession, trespass, disorderly conduct, harassment\u00a0 and resisitng arrest in the Bronx. In June 2023 she was arrested in South Jamaica, Queens, for allegedly assaulting a 42-year-old woman.<\/p>\n

Shashamanie\u2019s father is comforted by the condolence calls the\u2019s received.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe calls keep coming,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t know she was so loved. People from all over telling you that shes great. You know, it made me feel good. I just was at a funeral home, and they have two room sizes where you could keep the reception. My cousin was there, he said \u2018You gotta take the big room because the small one is not going to work. You need to take the big size, which holds like 400 people.’\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Bronx mom stabbed to death in her apartment building was slain in the elevator by her upstairs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,262,263,266,85,267,9,24,264,12,63,261,265,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-83856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-sub-county-region","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}