A man repeatedly stabbed his Queens girlfriend in an argument over cigarettes, law enforcement sources said Wednesday.
The 39-year-old victim and her boyfriend, identified by sources as 34-year-old Daquan Spence, bickered over smokes in their apartment on 155th St. near Baisley Blvd. in South Jamaica around 8:35 p.m. Tuesday.
As the argument spiraled out of control, Spence pulled a knife and stabbed his girlfriend, the sources said. The woman took refuge in a bathroom, but the crazed man broke down the door and plunged the knife into her at least 10 times.
As she lay bleeding in the bathroom, the wounded woman’s son ran for help to a neighbor who called 911.
Medics rushed the woman to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where she was expected to survive.
Police took Spence into custody at the scene. He was charged with attempted murder, criminal possession of a weapon, assault and acting in a manner injurious to a child, among other offenses, according to law enforcement sources.
His arraignment in Queens Criminal Court was pending Wednesday night.
