Source: Wife accused of stabbing husband in West Brighton

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A woman has been arrested for a stabbing where a man was critically injured in West Brighton, according to police.

Police identified the suspect as Rachel Velazquez, 39, of Henderson Avenue in West Brighton.

Velazquez is the wife of the victim who was found stabbed outside their home, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation.

A 43-year-old man was discovered at about 4:40 a.m. lying face up in front of an address on the 700 block of Henderson Avenue, according to a spokesman for the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Public Information.

The man was stabbed in his right chest and right forearm, according to police.

Velazquez has been charged with attempted murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon, according to police.

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