Michael Bookhart, 32, was always trying to tug a smile out of his friends before he was knifed in the chest Sunday during an argument with his girlfriend Jamaya Nelson, 23, inside of a Mott Haven ...

Michael Bookhart was knifed in the chest when an argument with his girlfriend took a violent turn around 10:40 p.m. inside an apartment building on East 138th Street near Brown Place in Mott Haven ...

“I knew there was something wrong with that girl from the day I met her,” said Mabel Gonzalez, 50, days after her son, Michael Bookhart, 32, was fatally stabbed Sunday in a Mott Haven apartment.

Michael Bookhart was knifed in the chest in the home he shared with the suspect on E. 138th St. near Brook Ave. in Mott Haven about 10:40 p.m. on Sunday, cops said. The victim’s 23-year-old ...