Asian woman, Christina Yuna Lee, fatally stabbed at home in Chinatown, New York City
Christina Yuna Lee was a 35-year-old Korean American creative and digital producer in New York City. Early Sunday morning, surveillance video shows a man following Lee up six flights of stairs and into her Chinatown apartment. As neighbors heard Lee scream “Help me! Call 911!” the suspect stabbed her to death with what is believed to be a knife from her own kitchen.
The alleged murderer, Assamad Nash, has a history of prior arrests. According to the New York Times, Nash has been arrested at least four times last year on misdemeanor charges, including assault, harassment and selling a fare card. Online court records show that three of the cases remain open.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said, “This is the definition of horrific. [NYPD] is investigating this incident and we stand with our Asian community today. The suspect is in custody, but the conditions that created him remain. The mission of this administration is clear: We won’t let this violence go unchecked.”
Currently, NYPD is not investigating this murder as a hate crime.
🕊 Fly high, Christina. The Asian community will not forget you.
For women, particularly women of color, public safety anxieties preceded the pandemic. We steel ourselves for harassment and violence upon leaving the house. But few are ever confident that we’ll receive help when we need it. Rip Christina Yuna Lee.
— Kimmy The Pooh (@kimmythepooh) February 14, 2022
What happened to Christina Lee is a literal nightmare playing out IRL. She was followed into her building, up 6 flights of stairs, and into her apt. She was found stabbed to death in her bathtub.
— Katie Corrado (@KatieCorradoTV) February 14, 2022
"Now, maybe this is a hate crime. Maybe this is not a hate crime. But it’s yet another Asian woman... and the city continues to seemingly talk about long term solutions without providing the relief that the community needs and demands right now," Senator John Liu @LiuNewYork pic.twitter.com/2dTCD48iLB
— Asian American Federation (@AAFederation) February 13, 2022
Early Sunday morning, a 35-year-old Korean American woman, Christina Yuna Lee, was followed home by a man to her apartment in Chinatown and stabbed to death. She is the latest Asian New Yorker to be targeted and randomly attacked. https://t.co/TFZ3AiuIkw
— Christine Chung (@chrisychung) February 14, 2022
