Defendant Allegedly Stabbed Victim Numerous Times With Kitchen Knife
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark today announced that a man has been indicted in
the stabbing of a 62-year-old Bronx woman who was serving as his grandmother’s home health
aide.
District Attorney Clark said, “The defendant allegedly stabbed the victim multiple times
throughout the body. Fortunately, she survived the vicious attack and the elderly woman she was
caring for was not harmed.”
District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Marcus Gomez, 45, who was residing at the
Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, was arraigned today for Attempted Murder in the second degree,
Attempted Assault in the first degree, first-degree Assault, two counts of second-degree Assault,
third-degree Assault and fourth-degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon before Bronx Supreme
Court Justice Denis Boyle. He was remanded and is due back in court on September 17, 2018.
According to the investigation, on July 29, 2018 at 1131 West Farms Road, the defendant
allegedly stabbed the victim, Maria Rios, with a kitchen knife. The victim was working as the
home health aide of the defendant’s grandmother at the time of the incident. The victim was found
by neighbors in the hallway outside the apartment where the attack took place and was aided by
first responders. She underwent surgery for her wounds. The defendant’s grandmother was
unharmed.
An indictment is an accusatory instrument and not proof of a defendant’s guilt.
