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Dec 7, 2003
By Daryl Khan and Bryan Virasami
STAFF WRITERS; Staff writer Shaya Mohajer contributed to this report.
December 8, 2003
Naked and covered in blood, Ivor Forbes opened his door to police officers before dawn yesterday, insisting he was God and asking to be killed.
Then, in an instant, after having just mutilated his wife with a sword, he attacked the cops, police sources said.
"He was covered in blood, yelling something to the effect of, 'I am God. Go ahead, kill me,' " said Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.
Forbes, 32, of 2199 Holland Ave. in the Morris Park section of the Bronx, charged the cop and his partner, who then nearly emptied her 9-mm gun. The shots struck the suspect in the legs and the officer in the chest and knee, police said. Kelly said the shooting of Forbes appears to be justified.
Both Forbes and the officer were in stable condition last night, according to police.
Forbes was charged with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg called the incident "a terrible tragedy."
Responding to a domestic disturbance call, police entered Forbes' six-story, red-brick apartment building at 5:15 a.m. yesterday and found the suspect's wife, Kisha Denton, 23, hacked and slashed multiple times and nearly beheaded, police said. They recovered two swords from the scene.
Denton was rushed by paramedics to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx but was dead on arrival.
Police said Denton's head was hit so hard that it bent one of the two swords recovered by investigators. The victim's left hand was chopped off, and her right hand was mangled from repeated hacks.
"He came down so hard on her skull with the sword," one police official said.
Forbes does not have a criminal record and the couple had no history of domestic disturbance or violence, officials said.
Awoken by a commotion from Forbes' apartment, a neighbor headed there to complain. The neighbor knocked on Forbes' door. Forbes answered with a wild look in his eye and did not say anything, sources said. In the back of the room the neighbor told police that he saw the woman crumpled on the floor. The neighbor returned to his apartment and phoned 911.
When the two officers from the 49th Precinct in the Baychester section of the Bronx arrived, they found that the second bank of doors downstairs was locked, so they smashed the door in.
When they got to Forbes' apartment, they heard screams, Kelly said. The officers, whom police would not identify yesterday, pounded on the door.
The female officer, 46, a 17-year veteran, stood to the right of the doorway. The male officer, 27, a seven-year veteran, stood off to the left.
Forbes opened the door with blood smeared over his body, wielded an object and charged the male officer, according to police. Forbes said: "I'm God. Kill me."
Once in the hall he turned on the female officer, police said.
She fired. Two of the shots struck the suspect in the legs, felling him. Her partner was also hit by friendly fire.
"Once again a police officer was shot but he's going to be OK," Kelly said. "A [bulletproof] vest saved his life."
The male officer was taken to Jacobi for surgery on his knee. The female officer was treated for trauma at Jacobi. Forbes was taken to St. Barnabus Hospital.
Neighbors of Forbes and his wife said yesterday that the couple had lived there for about a year and had never made much of an impression.
Aside from the couple occasionally kissing in the lobby, neighbors could not remember anything unusual about them, they said.
Staff writer Shaya Mohajer contributed to this report.
Dec 7, 2003
By Daryl Khan and Bryan Virasami
STAFF WRITERS; Staff writer Shaya Mohajer contributed to this report.
December 8, 2003
Naked and covered in blood, Ivor Forbes opened his door to police officers before dawn yesterday, insisting he was God and asking to be killed.
Then, in an instant, after having just mutilated his wife with a sword, he attacked the cops, police sources said.
"He was covered in blood, yelling something to the effect of, 'I am God. Go ahead, kill me,' " said Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.
Forbes, 32, of 2199 Holland Ave. in the Morris Park section of the Bronx, charged the cop and his partner, who then nearly emptied her 9-mm gun. The shots struck the suspect in the legs and the officer in the chest and knee, police said. Kelly said the shooting of Forbes appears to be justified.
Both Forbes and the officer were in stable condition last night, according to police.
Forbes was charged with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg called the incident "a terrible tragedy."
Responding to a domestic disturbance call, police entered Forbes' six-story, red-brick apartment building at 5:15 a.m. yesterday and found the suspect's wife, Kisha Denton, 23, hacked and slashed multiple times and nearly beheaded, police said. They recovered two swords from the scene.
Denton was rushed by paramedics to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx but was dead on arrival.
Police said Denton's head was hit so hard that it bent one of the two swords recovered by investigators. The victim's left hand was chopped off, and her right hand was mangled from repeated hacks.
"He came down so hard on her skull with the sword," one police official said.
Forbes does not have a criminal record and the couple had no history of domestic disturbance or violence, officials said.
Awoken by a commotion from Forbes' apartment, a neighbor headed there to complain. The neighbor knocked on Forbes' door. Forbes answered with a wild look in his eye and did not say anything, sources said. In the back of the room the neighbor told police that he saw the woman crumpled on the floor. The neighbor returned to his apartment and phoned 911.
When the two officers from the 49th Precinct in the Baychester section of the Bronx arrived, they found that the second bank of doors downstairs was locked, so they smashed the door in.
When they got to Forbes' apartment, they heard screams, Kelly said. The officers, whom police would not identify yesterday, pounded on the door.
The female officer, 46, a 17-year veteran, stood to the right of the doorway. The male officer, 27, a seven-year veteran, stood off to the left.
Forbes opened the door with blood smeared over his body, wielded an object and charged the male officer, according to police. Forbes said: "I'm God. Kill me."
Once in the hall he turned on the female officer, police said.
She fired. Two of the shots struck the suspect in the legs, felling him. Her partner was also hit by friendly fire.
"Once again a police officer was shot but he's going to be OK," Kelly said. "A [bulletproof] vest saved his life."
The male officer was taken to Jacobi for surgery on his knee. The female officer was treated for trauma at Jacobi. Forbes was taken to St. Barnabus Hospital.
Neighbors of Forbes and his wife said yesterday that the couple had lived there for about a year and had never made much of an impression.
Aside from the couple occasionally kissing in the lobby, neighbors could not remember anything unusual about them, they said.
Staff writer Shaya Mohajer contributed to this report.
