FDNY paramedic, 9/11 responder fatally stabbed in the line of duty in Queens: 'Heartbreaking and enraging'
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FDNY paramedic Lt. Alison Russo-Elling was fatally stabbed in the line of duty Thursday in a Queens neighborhood. She was a 24-year veteran of the department and a 9/11 first responder.
Suspect Peter Zisopoulos, 34, is in custody and has been charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon. Zisopoulos is expected to be arraigned later Friday in Queens, sources tell Fox News. First responders carry the body of fallen FDNY Lt. Alison Russo-Elling from the hospital. (FDNY/Facebook) First responders salute as the body of fallen FDNY Lt. Alison Russo-Elling leaves a New York hospital. (FDNY/Facebook) Uniformed first responders salute as they wait for the body fallen FDNY Lt. Alison Russo-Elling to be transferred into the ambulance. (FDNY/Facebook) First responders line up outside of a New York hospital to salute the body fallen FDNY Lt. Alison Russo-Elling. (FDNY/Facebook) First responders push the body of fallen FDNY Lt. Alison Russo-Elling into an ambulance for dignified transfer. (FDNY/Facebook) First responders salute the body of fallen FDNY Lt. Alison Russo-Elling, who was killed in the line of duty while working in Queens Thursday. (FDNY/Facebook) People line up alongside the ambulance carrying the body of fallen FDNY Lt. Alison Russo-Elling, who was killed in the line of duty Thursday. (FDNY/Facebook)
The deadly attack happened at approximately 2:15 p.m. while she was walking to get food. She was in uniform and clearly identified as an EMS member.
"This deadly, senseless, broad daylight attack on a uniformed EMT member is a direct assault on our society," NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell. "It is the latest consequence of the violence that we relentlessly fight in our city."
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