A Nigerian man living in New Orleans, United States, “believed to be mentally ill,” has been arrested and taken into custody by the police after allegedly “stabbing his father and two sisters in their home, leaving his father dead.”
Authorities have charged Chukwuebuka Eweni, 29, with “one count of second-degree murder and two counts of attempted second-degree murder.”
According to reports, the deceased, identified as Samuel Eweni, 75, was a computer science professor at Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO).
Police said he “was killed in a residence on Pebble Drive in New Orleans East on Tuesday night, while two female relatives were also stabbed.”
One of the women “has been released from hospital care, while the other remains under treatment and is expected to survive.”
US news platforms, which “quoted family members,” reported that Chukwuebuka “had long struggled with mental illness but had never previously been violent.”
They described the evening of the attack “as ordinary before the incident occurred and said they are unsure what triggered it.”
After the stabbings, Chukwuebuka reportedly went to New Orleans East Hospital, “where he often sought mental health support.” “Without knowledge of the crime, the hospital transferred him to a facility in Jefferson Parish, where he was located and arrested by authorities on Wednesday morning.”
SUNO released a statement mourning the loss of Samuel Eweni. Dr Joseph Bouie Jr., Chancellor of Southern University at New Orleans, said: “Dr Eweni was more than an educator—he was a mentor and a guiding light to so many of our students. His contributions to the College of Business and Public Administration and to the university’s mission of transforming lives through education will be remembered and celebrated. Our hearts are with his family, friends, and colleagues during this deeply difficult time.”
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