WEST HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (PIX11) – A woman was stabbed to death in a parking lot outside a restaurant after leaving a family gathering on Long Island Sunday, police said.
The incident happened outside the La Candela restaurant at 205 Hempstead Turnpike in West Hempstead just after midnight, according to the Nassau County Police Department.
The suspect is somehow connected to the victim, and there was apparently an ongoing feud.
The victim, 51-year-old Glen Cove resident Ana Ruth Espinoza, was ambushed in the parking lot and fatally stabbed, according to police. Espinoza’s husband tried to stop the attack and suffered a cut to his hand, police said.
Police identified the suspect as 27-year-old Glen Cove resident Erick Efren Corado Gonzalez.
Police arrested Gonzalez Sunday in Linden, New Jersey. Charges against him are still pending.
