Surviving Twin Explains Sister’s Fatal Stabbing By Enraged NYC Male After Rejecting Him
Samyia Spain, 19, was fatally stabbed outside of a Brooklyn, NY deli in front of her twin sister Sanyia on Sunday (Mar. 17). The incident happened after Samyia allegedly rejected a “drunk” male and refused to follow him on Instagram.
Her twin sister, who was also stabbed in the arm while trying to protect Samyia, has now spoken out about the events that led up to the fatal incident. Exclusively reported by the Daily News, around 2:20 AM, Sanyia, Samyia, and their brother were walking to a local bodega, Slope Natural Plus, when someone pointed out that a young man from a party earlier in the day, was following Samyia.
“I grabbed her phone and I was like, ‘Come with me, come with me,’” Sanyia explained to the news outlet. “I was like, ‘Why are you talking to that boy?’ She said, ‘I don’t want to talk to that boy.’” Thinking quickly of how to get the assailant to leave her alone, Sanyia claimed that her sister decided to give the guy her Instagram handle, but refused to follow him as well.
“She said she wasn’t going to follow him back,” Sanyia continued. “That’s it. She said no.” It was then that the attacker became enraged and began arguing with the twins and others inside of the deli. “He pushed little Samyia, and then I pushed him,” she explained. “And then everybody else started pushing him out the door.”
The surviving twin also said that a store employee got involved and kicked the drunk young man and his friends out of his establishment, then locking the door behind them. Once the twins purchased their snacks and left out, Sanyia recalled the attacker waiting for them with a knife, and they couldn’t escape back into the store.
“He had a knife in his hand and was saying, ‘I’m gonna stab y’all in the face,’” Sanyia recounted. “I’m telling everyone to back up. And he pushed little Samyia to the ground,” which caused her to drop her phone. Sanyia then shared that their older brother intervened by punching the assailant which caused a brawl.
“As I was going to grab [Samyia’s phone], he stabbed me in my arm,” she added. “Samyia then asked him to give her the phone back, and he stabbed her in the neck. She said, ‘I’m about to faint.’ As soon as she said, ‘I’m about to faint,’ I called 911.”
Reportedly, NYPD found Samyia with stab wounds to her chest and neck, and rushed her and her sister to New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where Samyia was later pronounced dead.
Sanyia added that after informing her family of what happened, she’s now taking on the responsibility of “trying to be strong” for her parents, although she is still in shock.
Her family has created a GoFundMe page to help with funeral expenses here.
As of publication, no arrests have been made but police are searching for two men — one wearing a ski mask — caught on video below.
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