October 6th 2023.
On October 3rd, tragedy struck when activist Ryan Carson was fatally stabbed in an unprovoked attack while walking with his girlfriend. Brian Dowling, an 18 year-old Brooklyn teenager, is alleged to have been the perpetrator of the attack. After being apprehended at his residence on Lafayette Avenue, Dowling was arrested and pictured crying as he was escorted from the police precinct.
The New York Post reported that investigators found a knife and a sweatshirt at Dowling's apartment, matching the one he allegedly wore on the night of the attack. The surveillance footage captured the attack itself, which showed Carson jumping between the suspect and his girlfriend when Dowling approached them. The couple were returning home after attending a wedding on Long Island. Carson, a campaign organizer for the New York Public Interest Research Group, was stabbed three times and his girlfriend was spat on.
It was reported that Dowling had just fought with a woman friends said was his twin sister prior to the attack. Dowling was seen kicking and damaging mopeds and scooters parked on the sidewalk before approaching the couple. Witnesses heard Dowling asking Carson, “What the f**k are you looking at?”
The day after the attack, Carson's father Ken took to his Facebook page to inform friends and family that Dowling had been captured. He wrote, "Assailant has been caught. More details will follow."
Carson was due to turn 32 on October 6th, only a few days after the attack. His death has left his loved ones devastated, and his legacy of activism will be remembered.
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