The Astoria man accused of the unprovoked killing of Captain Alison Russo-Elling, a 61-year-old veteran emergency medical worker, is slated for arraignment in New York Supreme Court in Queens on Thursday morning.
. He fled his third-floor apartment nearby and barricaded himself inside, police and prosecutors said. Hostage negotiators eventually helped broker his arrest.
On Thursday morning he was arraigned on two charges laid out in a grand jury indictment; murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree. He was remanded pending an psychiatric evaluation and appeared in court virtually from Bellevue Hospital., was on duty near the Steinway Street EMS station where she was stationed when she was stabbed to death. She lived on Long Island and is survived by her daughter and parents.
Zisopoulos had no prior arrests in New York City, an NYPD spokesperson confirmed. His arraignment was postponed last week for a hospital evaluation, Zisopoulos appeared virtually in court Thursday morning from Bellevue Hospital before Judge Ushir Pandit-Durant, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz.Russo-Elling was laid to rest at a ceremony
on Wednesday. The 24-year veteran started as an EMT, and worked her way up to paramedic and then lieutenant. She was a first responder at the World Trade Center on 9/11, officials said.
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