Peekskill police have charged another man with murder in Friday’s stabbing of 23-year-old Peekskill man.
Maurice Walker, 32, of Mount Vernon, was charged with second-degree murder today for his role in the stabbing stabbing death of Alexander Rochester, 23, of Peekskill, on Friday morning.
Another Mount Vernon man, Sunil Willliams, 29, was charged with second-degree murder on Friday, several hours Rochester was found.
Rochester, who recently moved to the area from the Bronx, was stabbed at about 10:30 a.m. in the vicinity of the Platinum barbershop, located on 629 South St.
Police said Rochester and Walker, the barbershop’s owner, Maurice Walker, got into a fight that morning and Williams jumped in to help Walker. Williams stabbed Rochester before fleeing the scene.
Police Rochester and Walker’s feud was over a mutual female acquaintance.
Walker initially turned himself in to police Friday and was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, a felony, for having a fake state barber’s license.
Walker was charged with murder after detectives analyzed forensic and video evidence and determined he acted in concert with Williams, who was responsible for stabbing Rochester multiple times.
What a shame and taxes go up 3.8% for what?
And what is more pathetic is people on here using this young man's death as an opportunity to talk about local politics!!! You need to check yourselves and have more respect for life or you come off as callous as these knuckleheads that think violence solves something!!!
The very core of a community are the people in it and the people placed in power to oversee and make decisions of said community. I am very sad a life was lost but if there individuals in this community that can so easily take a life it scares me. This happened in the daytime and an innocent child could have been in harms way.
Maurice Walker a.k.a. The Demon Barber of South Street. "Careful with that axe, Eugene"