A 40-year-old man was stabbed to death by his girlfriend inside his Bronx apartment, police said Wednesday.
Dwayne Valentine was stabbed in the chest inside his home on Grand Ave. near W. 190th St. about 11:05 p.m. Monday, cops said. He died at the scene.
Cops took his 37-year-old girlfriend into custody for questioning.
She told police Valentine went out to buy cigarettes and came back with a stab wound. But she later admitted to stabbing him herself after an argument, according to police sources.
She has no criminal history, police said. Charges against her are pending for the slaying.
Valentine moved into the newly built building with two of his young children last year, neighbors said.
Neigbhor King Vincent Cowart saw the victim smoking a cigarette outside just hours before the killing.
“I was going to ask him for one because I didn’t have any but then I changed my mind,” Cowart said. “He was outside and I was gonna go sit with him but I was like I’m gonna just go on ahead because I was tired from working out.”
“I’m devastated,” he added. “He was a nice guy. I’m telling you, he really was. I considered him as a new friend. He was cool. He liked his rap. He’d be out here rapping to the music. When it’s hot, like if it was hot like right now, he would be out here sitting, down with his music, having a cigarette, maybe smoke a joint.”
Originally Published: April 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM EDT
