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A Brooklyn man described as a rising star in the world of public policy was sta**bbed to death in front of his girlfriend while sitting on a bus bench early Monday morning.
Ryan Carson, 32, was waiting for a bus in Bed Stuy with his girlfriend after attending a wedding when a man started kicking what appeared to be trash on the street, surveillance video showed.
The man could be heard cursing and threa**tening Carson saying, “I’m going to k**ill you right now.”Carson could be heard on the video trying to de-escalate the situation as the man approached him.
The man, appearing to hold a kn**ife in his right hand, took a swing at Carson’s face and when Carson tried to run away and tripped over the bus bench, the suspect stab**bed Carson multiple times, the video appeared to show.
Carson was transported by ambulance to NYC Health and Hospitals Kings County where he was pronounced deceased, NYPD officials said.
The surveillance video also showed the suspect attacking Carson’s girlfriend. While Carson is blee**ding on the pavement, the sus*pect spit at her, kicked Carson, and then ran away.
His friends and colleagues gathered Monday night for a candlelight vigil to remember Carson and his work.
Carson was active in public policy advocacy on a range of issues, including climate change and harm reduction.
He is a larger than life character,” said Blair Horner, executive director of NYPIRG, who worked with Carson.
He’s very, very jovial, and charismatic staff loved him. His students loved him.”Surveillance video obtained by PIX11 News showed an unidentified man, who police describe as emotionally disturbed, stabbing Carson several times.
It happened early Monday morning at the intersection of Malcolm, X Blvd. and Lafayette Ave.
in Bedford Stuyvesant. Carson and his girlfriend were on their way home from a wedding.
Carson was taken to the hospital, where he died from his inju**ries. His roommates said it could have happened to anyone at any time.
