Murderer Of Man Found Stabbed In Williamsburg Deli Arrested: Cops

WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN — Police have arrested a Brooklyn man for killing the 37-year-old father of two who they found stabbed to death in a bodega on Graham Avenue last month.

William Townsend, a 26-year-old from Canarsie, was charged Thursday with murder and criminal possession of a weapon for the death of Anthony Santana, who was found late September stabbed in the Deli & Tobacco shop at 132 Graham Ave., police said.

Emergency responders found Santana, who is from Queens, with stab wounds to his back after rushing to the deli just after 4 a.m. on Sep. 20. He was rushed to Woodhull Hospital, but died of his injuries, police said.

Santana was a father of two who lived just two blocks from where he was killed, the Daily News reported. His family and friends remembered him as "a great man" who cared for his kids and loved throwing barbecues for the neighborhood.

The News said at the time that police believe Santana and several others had gotten into a fight outside the bodega the night he was killed.