Christian Yuna Lee, a 35-year-old Asian-American, was fatally stabbed by an unhoused man, Assamad Nash, in her Manhattan apartment on February 13, 2022. At the time, police said that Lee was stabbed more than 40 times in the neck and torso.
A year after the incident, the family of Christian Yuna Lee sued the New York City police department, alleging their delayed response cost the victim her life. The lawsuit filed on Friday, May 19, said that two unidentified police officers, who responded to the 911 reports from the neighbors, waited 80 minutes before entering her apartment while she was stabbed to death.
On the day of the incident, Lee, a creative producer for a music platform, Splice, was just getting home when she was allegedly stalked by the assailant Assamad Nash. The suspect surreptitiously slipped into her apartment as she let herself in through the door.
Lee's landlord, Brian Chin, who viewed the surveillance footage from the apartment building on Chrystie Street, told NBC News that the clip showed the suspect following her up the stairs before slipping into the apartment without the victim's knowledge.
"She opened the door and he just slipped in right behind her. She never even knew he was there."Shortly after forcing himself into the apartment, Nash reportedly brutally attacked Lee, before her screams pierced through the door and alerted the neighbors across the hall. The neighbors reportedly called 911. Prosecutors in the case said that shortly after receiving the call, two officers got to the building in three minutes and could hear the victim screaming for her life inside the apartment.
While the victim was screaming, officers reportedly waited for Emergency Services Unit personnel to knock down a steel door before entering the residence. Previous media reports stated that while the officers waited to access the apartment, they spoke to the assailant through the door as he continued his violent assault on the victim.
After entering the apartment, police found the victim’s body in her bathroom and located the assailant hiding underneath her bed. The officers took the suspect into custody and found the murder weapon hidden inside the victim’s dresser. Nash was charged with Christian Yuna Lee's murder.
Christian Yuna Lee graduated from Rutgers University
Christina Yuna Lee, worked as a senior creative producer at the digital music platform Splice before she was fatally stabbed in 2022. Lee, a Rutgers University graduate had previously worked on campaigns for Google, Twix, Equinox, Cole Haan and other companies before joining Splice. At the time of her death, the company in a social media post wrote:
“Our beloved Christina Lee was senselessly murdered in her home. Our hearts are broken. Always dedicated to making beautiful and inclusive artwork, Christina is irreplaceable… We ask that you remember Christina Lee as the magical person she was, always filled with joy.”The lawsuit filed against the NYPD on Friday claimed that the two cops failed to save Christian Yuna Lee in time despite hearing her desperate screams for help as they waited to gain access to the apartment. In the lawsuit, the victim's aunt Boksun Lee said:
“Despite having reason to believe Ms Lee’s life was in imminent danger, [the officers] failed to gain entry to Ms Lee’s apartment or otherwise provide her with any potentially life-saving police or medical assistance at that time.”As per the lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages, it allegedly took additional officers more than an hour to arrive at the scene. The document also stated that it took over an hour for Emergency Services Unit cops to force open the apartment door and let the cops inside Christian Yuna Lee's residence.
The lawsuit also cited a 2021 killing of delivery driver Sala Miah in a park near Lee’s residence, where the victim was stabbed multiple times before his bike had been stolen. The lawsuit stated:
“By failing to control dangerous conditions in Sara D Roosevelt Park, [police] intentionally, recklessly, and negligently created a nuisance.”The lawsuit alleged that the NYPD was responsible for Christian Yuna Lee's death as their alleged negligence at the scene claimed the life of the victim.
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