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Yesterday, a 65 year old Staten Island woman slashed her neighbor's throat, claiming the neighbor had stabbed her cat in the eye. The irate Stephanie Lindboe refused to drop her 12-inch knife, even lunging at a police officer, so the cop shot and killed her. Her victim, 59 year old Linda Padula, is at Staten Island University Hospital in critical condition with various stab wounds. During the attack, another neighbor tried to intervene and help Padula, but then Lindboe tried to stab him as well; the NY Times has a more detailed description of the attack and shooting, which the NYPD says seems to be within department guidelines, and AM New York references the 1984 shooting of a 66 year old woman brandishing a butcher's knife when police tried to evict her. Neighbors say Lindboe's behavior was erratic, and it's unclear how Lindboe's cat, Dickey, ended up stabbed in the eye (did she stab him herself?). Dickey had infuriated Padula, with the super saying, "The cat had a bad habit of coming in and pissing on the rug [in the hallway]."
A vet will be removing Dickey's eye today, and adds, "He's on painkillers, fluids and antibiotics. But what he's really going to need is a home," - Animal Care and Control will put him up for adoption if Lindboe's family doesn't want him. As Gothamist knows from first-hand experience, cats are very resilient and can even deal with being one-eyed very well. But our cat lost an eye because it might have been cancerous. And here's a strange fact: Neighbors say that Lindboe raised rats to feed Dickey.
Photograph of Dickey from the Daily News
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That's a TERRIBLE picture. I'm not coming back until it passes. (So until noon, basically.)
Dear Gothamist-
Could you please put a warning up that there is a graphic picture posted? I find this picture of the poor victimized kitty HORRIFIC! At least photoshop an eye patch on the little guy! Please! I don't think I can visit you today as long as this picture is up.
Yeah, sheesh.. please put the photo of the eye-slashed cat after the jump, and warn readers accordingly.
Wow, that's still a bad reason to stab someone...
Not as bad as Pataki's appendix yesterday, but still bad for the cat, and who knows how much pain he is in.
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What a beautiful pic.
Poor kitty.
He never done no harm to no one.
Does anyone else find it sad that the police had to resort to opening fire on a 65 year-old woman? I understand that she was probably out of her mind, but don't they have a non-lethal means of subduing a suspect? I guess you shouldn't bring a knife to a gun fight.
pop pop, you win the prize.
"12 inch knife"
who has that large a knife in their common kitchen?
Hey, if the cops killed elenor bumpkins, anyone is fair game.
At least the dog was not shot and the cop got home OK. That's all that matters.
Not unusual. I've got a 12 inch Henkel as part of the knife set we got for Christmas.
Makes me NOT want to get my wife P/O'ed...
So it's common?
A 12 inch bladed kitchen knife, I mean. Not from tip to handle.
I dunno, still skeptical.
At least the dog was not hurt.
What a bunch of sissies. Suck up the one-eyed bloody cat; I thought you were New Yorkers!
P.S. I'm about to stab a kitten. He's meowing very loudly, so I have no choice.
I kind of want to have eye sex with this cat, it's so sexy.
What happened to pepper spray or bean bag bullets for an old crazy lady with a knife?
I have a 12" knife...two actually. Will remember to use my gun next time.
Just to clear up how the cat got stabbed:
According to Metro paper, which never gets things wrong, supposedly the neighbor (Padula) stabbed the cat, and then the soon-to-be shot lady got the knife in a struggle, grabbed Padula by the hair, and started stabbing her. Interesting, too, that the fanfair reportedly started at 4.30 in the morning and cops didn't show til 8.30.
p.s. -- squeamish readers shouldn't read this -- the cat was stabbed in the eye but had an exit wound in the neck. yikes.
That is a really bizarre story. Woman stabs cat because cat poops in hall. Cat owner then stabs woman who stabbed cat. Cop shows up and then shoots and kills cat owner. Anything wrong with this picture?
God, how I love this city.
Lunging at a cop with a 12-inch knife is probably one of the stupidest things I've ever heard of. Of course the cop is going to shoot you -- doesn't matter if you're 65 or 25.
Also 21 feet is considered deadly range for someone wielding a knife. most normal people can clear 21 feet in a few seconds.
It's a shame the cat got hurt in the struggle....