Overview
- Shashamanie Thompson, 30, was found with stab wounds to her face and abdomen inside 1182 Ogden Ave. around 10 p.m. on Dec. 27 and was pronounced dead at Lincoln Hospital.
- NYPD officials said Johnson, 24, and Ceesay, 21, were arrested at the scene less than an hour after officers responded to the 911 call.
- Both defendants face murder and manslaughter charges in connection with Thompson’s death, according to police.
- Authorities said Thompson and Johnson lived in the same building and had been in a dispute, though investigators have not detailed the cause.
- Officials noted Ceesay lives in Mott Haven, and attorney information for the defendants was not immediately available; the precinct has recorded eight homicides this year through Dec. 21, down from 16 a year earlier.