BENSONHURST, Brooklyn (PIX11) — A 62-year-old man is accused of stabbing his roommate to death during a fight in their Brooklyn apartment Wednesday, according to law enforcement sources.
Lennur Mamutov allegedly stabbed Behor Mushiev, 58, several times in the body in the apartment on 81st Street in Bensonhurst at around 7:25 a.m., police said. Mamutov also allegedly struck the victim over the head with a bottle, sources said. Mushiev died at the scene.
Authorities found the knife and arrested Mamutov, who is charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon, according to the NYPD.
Mamutov’s arraignment was pending, as of Thursday morning, according to court records.
