Man indicted on murder, weapons charges in fatal stabbing of FDNY paramedic Alison Russo
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Peter Zisopoulos, 34, was indicted by a Queens County grand jury and arraigned on murder and other charges in the killing of Alison Russo.
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The
man accused of fatally stabbing an FDNY paramedic from Huntington has been
indicted on murder and weapons charges.
Queens
District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Peter Zisopoulos, 34, was
indicted by a Queens County grand jury and arraigned on murder and other
charges in the killing of Alison Russo.
Russo
was a 25-year veteran of the FDNY Emergency Medical Services, who was
posthumously promoted to rank of captain at her funeral on Wednesday.
Zisopoulos
allegedly approached Russo near EMS Station 49 in Astoria on Sept. 29,
knocked her to the ground, and stabbed her repeatedly before fleeing the scene.
Zisopoulos
was arraigned via video from Bellevue Hospital on a two-count indictment
charging him with murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a
weapon in the fourth degree.
Zisopoulos’
next court date is Nov. 29.
Zisopoulos
faces up to 25 years to life in prison, if convicted.
