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Taj Gibson of the Chicago Bulls is grieving over the loss of his little cousin after he was stabbed to death in an elevator in his Brooklyn neighborhood.
According to Sporting News, Prince Joshua Avitto and his friend, 7-year-old Mikayla Capers were heading outside to get ice cream around 6 p.m. on Sunday when they were attacked in a elevator by a man with a butcher knife.
Avitto's lifeless body was left in the elevator while Capers was able to escape. The suspect fled the building and Avitto was pronounced dead at the scene.
Gibson shared a photo of his cousin on Instagram.
"They killed my lil super man.," he captioned the photo. "#rippj only two more weeks until your 7 birthday. Tears forever this can't be life #foreversuperman #babycuzz"
Capers is currently in critical condition with lacerations and wounds from the attack.
Source: Sporting News
