Police in Staten Island have charged an emotionally disturbed man in the stabbing death of a former NYPD cop Nicholas Nelson, sources said.
Eric Wilson, 26, who has seven prior arrests, allegedly got into a beef with victim Nicholas Nelson on Wednesday night, which escalated and turned violent — ending with the ex-cop’s death, police and sources said.
Nelson, 37, then took his children back to their mom on Elizabeth Street in West Brighton, but Wilson followed and remained outside yelling for the ex-cop to come outside, the sources said.Sources said Wilson, who lives up the street, is known to cops in the area and has been the subject of calls to police regarding an emotionally disturbed person.
It is unclear if the two men knew each other, but sources said they had no history of previous fights.
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