A 32-year-old man was stabbed to death by his girlfriend in their Bronx apartment, police said Monday.
Michael Bookhart was knifed in the chest in the home he shared with the suspect on E. 138th St. near Brook Ave. in Mott Haven about 10:40 p.m. on Sunday, cops said.
The victim’s 23-year-old girlfriend, whose name was not immediately released, was arrested at the scene. Charges against her were pending.
A neighbor whose apartment shares a wall with the unit where the man was stabbed said she heard the couple arguing for about two hours, but she didn’t know any violence occurred until police arrived later.
“[Cops] knocked on my door to ask what I heard,” said Tiffany Boyce, 39. “All I heard was her yelling and then I heard the cops come.”
“It’s a regular thing for them. Always fighting every night,” Boyce added.
Medics rushed Bookhart to Lincoln Hospital, but he could not be saved.
“I never saw them together,” she added. “I just usually see her.”
The suspect was nice to her when they passed each other in the hallway.
“She just seemed normal,” Boyce said. “One time I locked myself out and she let me in.”
She said Bookhart was pleasant, too.
“He was quiet,” Boyce said. “I just seen him in passing, going up the stairs. He kept to himself.”
