Burglar died after being stabbed, beaten with a baseball bat by the Queens owners: police

QUEENS – An alleged burglar died Monday after being stabbed and beaten by a baseball bat by two brothers defending their home in Queens, police sources said.

Police, according to sources, said his son had killed a so-called thief on July 30, 2018. (Anthony Dilorenzo / PIX11)

An unarmed 26-year-old man knocked on the door. a house on Williamson Avenue around 2:45 in the morning.

It was then that one of the two brothers answered the door, and that man would have forced his way in, according to sources.

The resident's brother then confronted the man and fought him. According to sources, the altercation has spread across the street and the man accused of breaking into the house was stabbed and beaten with baseball bat

. He was taken to the hospital, where police said he was pronounced dead.

The incident was reported as a burglary in progress, police said. The family who lives at home tells the police that they do not know the so-called burglar.

The brothers' mother and sister also live at home. The PIX11 cameras showed one of the two women interviewed by the police.