“I’m Being Murdered”: Father’s Final 911 Call Captured as Son Allegedly Stabbed Him More Than 40 Times

A 69-year-old Long Island father made a desperate 911 call during a fatal attack inside his Mastic apartment, telling dispatchers that he was being murdered and identifying his son as the alleged attacker.

Edward Brown called 911 at approximately 12:30 a.m. on September 7, 2026, from his studio apartment on Mastic Boulevard, reporting that he had been stabbed. Suffolk County police responded with personnel from the Mastic Volunteer Ambulance Company and attempted life-saving measures, but Brown was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to prosecutors, Brown’s 33-year-old son, Sage Arias-Brown, entered the apartment and attacked his father. During the emergency call, prosecutors say Brown could be heard crying out, “I’m being murdered. What are you doing to me, Sage?”

A neighbor reportedly heard a loud noise followed by Brown screaming for help. Prosecutors later said the neighbor saw Arias-Brown leaving the apartment shortly after the 911 call.

Police located Arias-Brown roughly half a mile away and arrested him. He was initially charged with second-degree murder, and prosecutors later presented the case to a grand jury, which indicted him on the same charge.

Inside the apartment, responding officers found Brown unconscious and covered in blood. Despite efforts to revive him, he could not be saved.

An autopsy determined that Brown had suffered approximately 40 stab wounds to his torso, chest and neck, according to prosecutors. A blood-stained knife was also recovered from a trash can outside the apartment and submitted to the Suffolk County Crime Laboratory for forensic testing.

The prosecution has described the attack as an especially violent killing, but the circumstances surrounding what led to the confrontation have not been fully established publicly.

Arias-Brown has remained in custody without bail. If convicted of second-degree murder, he faces a potential sentence of 25 years to life in prison, according to prosecutors’ latest court filings. He is scheduled to return to court on October 21.

Brown’s death has also prompted an outpouring of memories from people who knew him. Friends and family described him as a devoted father and social worker who loved music, nature and learning.

The investigation and court proceedings will now determine what happened inside the Mastic apartment in the early morning hours of September 7. For Brown’s loved ones, however, his final moments remain marked by the desperate call in which he sought help and named the person prosecutors now accuse of killing him.

Arias-Brown is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.

Source: DailyMail