New York Daily News

Bully’s mom is charged in fatal stabbing

- Thomas Tracy

POLICE HAVE charged a Brooklyn woman they say fatally stabbed a neighbor as they tried to hash out a feud between their sons, police said Friday.

Latrisha Moore, 40, is facing murder and weapons charges for allegedly knifing Shymeka Tart, 31, during a Wednesday night clash outside Moore’s seventhflo­or apartment in the Carey Gardens Houses on Surf Ave. in Coney Island.

Moore (photo) is also charged with criminal possession of stolen property because cops say they found a handgun that had been reported stolen in her apartment.

Tart, who lived on the fifth floor, went to Moore’s home about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday because Moore’s teenage son was bullying Tart’s 15-year-old son Denzell, neighbors said. Tart wanted to solve the problem peacefully and everyone agreed to go to the 60th Precinct stationhou­se when the two boys started arguing.

Tart was allegedly trying to separate the youths when Moore jammed a kniife into her chest. Medics rushed Tart to Coney Island Hospital, where she died. Moore was arrested at the scene.

More than a year ago, Moore told the Housing Authority management that she had a “mental health disability issue.” NYCHA referred her to a mental health-related social services provider, officials said.

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