CANARSIE, Brooklyn (PIX11) --- A man is accused of stabbing his 70-year-old neighbor to death Monday in the Brooklyn home they shared, police said.

Josny Jean, 31, is accused of attacking Fredrick Howard in the multi-family on East 87th Street in Canarsie at around 1:10 p.m., according to the NYPD. The suspect and the victim are not related.

Howard was stabbed multiple times in the chest and went to the hospital via private means, cops said. The victim died at the hospital, and the staff called the police about the incident.

Jean was arrested Monday night and charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon, police said.

His arraignment was pending Tuesday.

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