In this drawing provided by the New York City Police department, is of an unidentified man believed to have attached two children in an elevator Sunday, June 1, 2014. New York City detectives are fielding tips in the search for a man suspected of fatally stabbing a 6-year-old boy and critically wounding a 7-year-old girl in an elevator in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/New York City Police Department) (The Associated Press)
NEW YORK – New York City police have released a sketch of a suspect in the fatal stabbing of a 6-year-old boy and critical wounding of a 7-year-old girl in a Brooklyn elevator.
Meanwhile, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has announced an additional $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest, bringing the total to $63,000.
Police described the assailant as a stranger who randomly attacked the children Sunday evening after the playmates got on the elevator to get ice cream from the boy's sixth floor apartment.
Prince Joshua Avitto died at a hospital. Mikayla Capers remains in critical but stable condition following surgery.
Adams says the $50,000 donation comes from Western Beef. He will officially announce the reward at a news conference Wednesday where he will be joined by the boy's parents.
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