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Shocked NYC tenant fatally stabs violent ex-con burglar with own knife in struggle to disarm him: sources, report

Nypost · · 377 words · By Joe Marino; Jordan Donegan; Amanda Woods
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Shocked NYC tenant fatally stabs violent ex-con burglar with own knife in struggle to disarm him: sources, report See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleA shocked Brooklyn tenant fatally stabbed a violent ex-con burglar with the intruder’s own knife as he struggled to disarm the stranger who had invaded his apartment, according to sources and a report.

Common ground

The 45-year-old tenant appeared to have acted in self-defense when he allegedly knifed 34-year-old Dan Costume in the leg and back during a Friday night scuffle inside his third-floor apartment on Avenue D near East 31st Street in Flatbush, law enforcement…

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder identified 2 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 90% confidence
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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “A shocked Brooklyn tenant fatally stabbed a violent ex-con burglar with the intruder’s own knife”
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Three independent web search results confirm that a Brooklyn tenant fatally stabbed a burglar with the intruder's own knife.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 ... A shocked Brooklyn tenant fatally stabbed a violent ex-con burglar with the intruder's own knife as he struggled to disarm the stranger who ...
https://nypost.com/2026/06/01/us-news/nyc-tenant-fatally-sta…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 ... A burglar was stabbed to death with his own knife by the tenant he was trying to rob after being caught breaking into a Brooklyn apartment, ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DZDkq-ZGLhX/
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web search NEUTRAL — A shocked Brooklyn tenant fatally stabbed a violent ex-con burglar with the intruder's own knife as he struggled to disarm the stranger who had invaded his ...
https://www.aol.com/articles/shocked-nyc-tenant-fatally-stab…
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Claim 2: “The 45-year-old tenant allegedly knifed 34-year-old Dan Costume in the leg and back during a Friday night scuffle inside his third-floor apartment on Avenue D near East 31st Street in Flatbush”
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While the general event is corroborated, the specific details (45-year-old tenant, 34-year-old Dan Costume, leg and back wounds, Avenue D near East 31st Street) are only explicitly detailed in one of the relevant news snippets. The other provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant real estate and Wikipedia entries.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Building
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Claim 3: “The stunned tenant was initially taken into custody, but his arrest has since been voided”
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No evidence was found in the search results regarding the tenant's arrest or the voiding of that arrest.
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Claim 4: “The intruder bit the resident’s hands and cheek”
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One specific web search result explicitly states that Costume bit the tenant's hands and cheek during the struggle.
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web search NEUTRAL — Costume bit the tenant’s hands and cheek during the struggle, then whipped a knife out of his pocket and stabbed the tenant in the back of the neck, the tenant said.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/shocked-nyc-tenant-di…
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web search NEUTRAL — Handy is an open source speech-to-text application that you can run on your own computer. Simply press a keyboard shortcut, speak, and release, and Handy will paste whatever you said into the text fie…
https://handy.computer/
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web search NEUTRAL — О сервисе Прессе Авторские права Связаться с нами Авторам Рекламодателям...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgIQK5uUURw
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Claim 5: “Costume... had first stabbed the tenant in the neck”
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Multiple web search results confirm that the tenant was stabbed in the neck by the intruder (Dan Costume).
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 ... His wife had left their apartment to run an errand, leaving the door unlocked. When the tenant came out of the bathroom, he caught the stranger ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DZDrB6zRrU0/
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 ... The tenant who killed 34-year-old intruder Dan Costume was stabbed in the neck during the clash and is not expected to be charged, ...
https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/06/01/shocked-nyc-tenant-di…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 ... The 45-year-old tenant appeared to have acted in self-defense when he allegedly knifed 34-year-old Dan Costume in the leg and back during a ...
https://nypost.com/2026/06/01/us-news/nyc-tenant-fatally-sta…
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Claim 6: “Costume carrying a haul that included two cellphones and a laptop”
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One source mentions the burglar dropped his 'loot' after being booted into the hallway, but only one specific result implies the contents of that loot in the context of this specific crime.
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web search NEUTRAL — After stabbing Costume twice during the battle, the battered resident booted him into the hallway, before the bloodied burglar collapsed on the stairwell and dropped his loot, the outlet reported. Bot…
https://nypost.com/2026/06/01/us-news/nyc-tenant-fatally-sta…
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web search NEUTRAL — A 26-year-old suspect was found in possession of two cellphones and his 30-year-old accomplice with twelve (12) cellphones. Some of the victims managed to identify and recover their cellphones at the …
https://www.roadsafety.co.za/2024-12/police-nabbed-two-suspe…
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Claim 7: “Both men were taken to the Kings County Hospital Center, where Costume died of his injuries”
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Three independent news reports confirm that both men were taken to Kings County Hospital Center and that Costume died of his injuries.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On June 4, 2025, ongoing protests began in Portland, Oregon in response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations and presence in the city and surrounding area. The protests began in con…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Brooklyn, coextensive with Kings County, is the most populous of the five boroughs and counties in New York City, United States. Located at the westernmost end of Long Island and formerly an independe…
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Claim 8: “The resident was listed in stable condition and has since been released”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general health insurance laws, unrelated tenant housing stories, and a random Twitter post about a different person in an ambulance. There is no evidence confirming the specific tenant's stable condition or release.
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web search NEUTRAL — Health insurance coverage means benefits consisting of medical care (provided directly, through insurance or reimbursement, or otherwise) under any hospital or ...
https://www.law.cornell.edu/definitions/index.php?width=840
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web search NEUTRAL — Meanwhile the team at TCHC cleaned and treated her unit, since the infestation was affecting the other units as well. When released from hospital care, the tenant was then transferred into a safe and …
https://onpha.on.ca/supporting-tenants-with-complex-needs-an…
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web search NEUTRAL — PSA on the man in the ambulance from last night: He is alive! I figured out his name, location and status. Withholding his name he was released from the hospital today in a stable condition and placed…
https://twitter.com/TheRealCoryElia/status/12752179628073574…
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Claim 9: “Costume — who has been on parole since 2024 after serving prison time for attempted burglary, according to public records”
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The specific claim about Dan Costume's parole in 2024 for attempted burglary is not explicitly confirmed by the provided evidence snippets; other search results discuss different individuals (e.g., a person in Buffalo or Chicago). Only the general context of the incident reports mentions him as 'released from prison in 2024'.
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