Inset: Sage Arias-Brown being escorted by Suffolk County Police (News12). Background: The area in Long Island where Arias-Brown allegedly killed his father (News12).
A 33-year-old New York man is accused of killing his father, allegedly stabbing the 69-year-old man approximately 40 times as he called 911 and screamed that he was being murdered.
Sage Arias-Brown was taken into custody and indicted on one count of second-degree murder in the slaying of Edward Brown, authorities announced.
According to a news release from the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, Arias-Brown allegedly entered Brown's studio apartment in Mastic at approximately 12:30 a.m. on Sept. 7 and began a violent attack that could be heard by other residents.
"A neighbor heard a loud bang, followed by the victim screaming," prosecutors wrote in the release. "The victim was able to call 911 during the attack. The 911 call captured the victim screaming, 'I'm being murdered. What are you doing to me, Sage?'"
The same neighbor allegedly saw Arias-Brown leave his father's apartment several minutes after the 911 call was placed.
Officers with the Suffolk County Police Department responding to the scene found Arias-Brown walking on the road about half a mile from his father's apartment and took him into custody, according to prosecutors.
Inside the apartment, officers found Brown unresponsive and covered in blood. Medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene.
An autopsy conducted by the medical examiner's office determined that Brown had been stabbed "approximately 40 times in the torso, chest and neck."
"This defendant is accused of viciously taking the life of his 69-year-old father as the victim desperately called the police for help," Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney said. "The facts in this case are heartbreaking. This indictment is an important step towards holding the defendant accountable for the brutal violence he allegedly inflicted on his own parent."
Arias-Brown appeared in court for his arraignment Sept. 17 before Acting Supreme Court Justice Richard I. Horowitz, who ordered him to remain in detention without bond. He is due back in court Oct. 21.
If convicted, Arias-Brown faces 25 years to life in a state correctional facility.
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