QUEENS, NY – Today, 25-year-old XiaoNing Zhang was charged with murder and possession of a weapon in the death of a well-known Queens immigration lawyer.
According to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz, the defendant allegedly repeatedly stabbed the 66-year-old man late Monday morning in the victim’s office on 39th Avenue in Flushing.
District Attorney Katz said, “As alleged, the defendant showed up in her lawyer’s office armed with two knives and, in an outburst of rage, stabbed the victim repeatedly throughout his body. Violence is never the solution to any dispute. Now a man is dead and a community grieving this tragic loss. The defendant is in custody and faces very serious charges for this senseless slaying.”
According to the police records, police responded to a 911 call of an assault in progress at 136-56 39th Ave. in Flushing, Queens, around noon yesterday. In an office on the fourth floor, police found Jim Li bleeding from multiple puncture wounds to his neck, shoulders, and torso. The 66-year-old immigration lawyer was rushed to a nearby hospital but died as a result of the injuries.
DA Katz said the defendant was still in the victim’s office when police arrived. Zhang’s clothes allegedly were stained with blood, and two knives were recovered, including one found in the woman’s jacket pocket, a press release by the District Attorney’s office read.