Ex-con accused of slitting tourist’s throat known as local ‘neck slasher’

New York Post ^ | February 18, 2020 | Tina Moore, Israel Salas-Rodriguez and Tamar Lapin

[karpov]

The ex-con accused of slitting a French tourist’s throat in a random attack in Harlem is a neighborhood “neck slasher” who’s ducked justice at least twice — infuriating one of his alleged victims, The Post has learned.

Khalief Young — who is charged in Friday’s horrific attack on Gabriel Bascou — was busted in June for a Harlem deli slashing, and in October for allegedly pummeling a woman inside his apartment building, according to police sources and court records obtained by The Post.

The first case is closed and sealed, and Young was cut loose without bail in the second, which is ongoing.

“If the law did what they should have done a year ago and they would have handed him the punishment he deserved maybe he wouldn’t have had the opportunity to do it again,” said Benjamin Onwudiwe, the alleged victim in the earlier attack.

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Onwudiwe said he didn’t want to identify a suspect to cops from a photo lineup since he “never saw his face.”

But a worker at the deli on Tuesday recognized Young as the alleged attacker and said he has a history of random slashings.

“He comes in here and if you look at him he’ll say to you ‘what are you looking at?’ and if you let down your guard he comes over and cuts you,” said Anthony Pena, 40, a cook at the deli.

“He goes up and down the block always getting into trouble,” said Pena, adding “he’s cut three people like that, behind the neck.”

A police source said of Young: “He’s a neck slasher.”

Jesus Ventura, 60, the super at Young’s building, called him a “very complicated person.”

Young spent nearly two years in state prison on weapons and drugs charges and was released on parole in April 2017.

[karpov]

The article later mentions that the criminal pummeled a woman in October 2019 but was released without bail because of the no-bail law soon to take effect.

Vote Democratic to multiply such incidents nationwide.

[Lurkinanloomin]

“very complicated person.”
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Very complicated people used to meet simple justice.

[EEGator]

This is why I support vigilantism.

[Steely Tom]

Vote Democratic to multiply such incidents nationwide.

Vote Democrat, get Democracy, which is what the Founders of our country feared.

[Signalman]

That no-bail policy is really working out, huh Mayor Dicommio?

[EvilCapitalist]

We need a lot more Bernie Goetz’s in this country.

[Larry Lucido]

I guess “lopper” was already taken.

[EEGator]

Rabid dogs should be put down.

[EvilCapitalist]

I agree with you.

[Viking2002]

A counter-responsive shiv under the sternum would radically alter his perspective. For eternity.

[SmokingJoe]

“Very complicated” neck slasher eh?
Hopefully he will come into contact with those crazy Dems who passed the new no bail law.

[EvilCapitalist]

I say he should be dropped off in front of Gracie Mansion.

[frank ballenger]

This is why I support vigilantism.

Can't recall the exact words but there was a scene in the first Death Wish when Charles Bronson said to his young son in law: "we are all so civilized and law abiding but we claim that if push came to shove we would fight hard to protect our loved ones just like the caveman days. But are we still able? Is that strength left in us or is it gone and we are now too civilized to do anything?"

That scene was always important to me.