Avitto, 6, and Mikayla Capers, 7, in a building elevator at the Boulevard Houses on Schenk Avenue. 
 
 Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams (Chris Robbins / Gothamist) 
 
 [UPDATE: The suspect, Daniel St. Hubert, was arrested shortly after the press conference. St. Hubert, 27, has a history of violence, serving time for assault and attempted murder, according to police. “He’s a violent individual ... he’s assaulted a correction officer, he’s assaulted a police officer,” detectives said during a press conference Wednesday about 15 minutes before he was caught. Mayor Bill de Blasio, who attended the press event with Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, had cautioned the public not to approach the armed and dangerous man. (New York Daily News) 
 
 Police released his name along with several pictures, including one of a large tattoo of a satanic goat’s head with horns, etched under the word “Aries” that was on St. Hubert’s right forearm. "We've said nothing about DNA," Commissioner Bratton told a reporter who asked whether the suspect's DNA was recovered from the knife. pic.twitter.com/NQSOHY6DJv — Tina Moore (@NYDNTinaMoore) June 5, 2014 
 
 While it's been reported that St. Hubert may be behind the Friday night fatal stabbing of Tanaya Grant Copeland, which was also in East New York's 75 Precinct, St. Hubert is only named as a suspect in the stabbings of the children, though Commissioner Bratton said St. Hubert has not been ruled out as a suspect in Copeland's death. On Sunday just before 6 p.m., the suspect stabbed Prince Joshua "P.J." and Mikayla were playing outside Sunday when they were told ices were waiting for them back in the building, police said. died at the hospital while Mikayala survivedshe is unable to speak, but she is responsive.
– Police in New York City arrested a 27-year-old man tonight accused of fatally stabbing a 6-year-old boy and injuring his 7-year-old playmate over the weekend, reports Gothamist. Daniel St. Hubert is in custody, the arrest made soon after police publicly identified him as a suspect. As the Daily News explains, the break in the case came when investigators matched DNA found on a knife left at the scene with the state's criminal database. Hubert has a long criminal record for offenses including assault and had been paroled on May 23, reports the New York Times. Police haven't called him a suspect in another fatal stabbing that occurred just two nights earlier, but the investigation is continuing. The same brand of knife—a model discontinued 10 years ago—was left behind in the slaying of 18-year-old Tanaya Copeland, and the man seen fleeing that scene had the same general description as Hubert. The 6-year-old boy who was killed, PJ Avitto, had gotten into an elevator with friend Mikayla Capers in their Brooklyn housing complex before being attacked. Mikayla remains in critical condition.