Arianna Reyes-Gomez, 31, was found unconscious and unresponsive with multiple stab wounds to her body at around 2:50am on Monday
An off-duty NYPD officer who was fatally stabbed at an apartment complex in the Bronx, allegedly by her estranged husband, was pictured Monday following her death.
Arianna Reyes-Gomez, 31, was found unconscious and unresponsive with multiple stab wounds to her body at around 2:50am on Monday.
The stabbing took place inside a residential apartment on Grand Concourse in the Bronx, New York, after a domestic dispute, cops said.
Following the attack, Gomez managed to call her cousin, who then called 911. Medics attempted to save her, but she died at the scene.
The officer’s 34-year-old husband, Argenis de Jesus Baez Pizano, turned himself in to police at the 44th precinct shortly after the bloody incident.
He was also pictured Monday night being walked by officers to a squad car outside the precinct while in handcuffs after being taken into custody.
The couple were estranged, but had never been reported to local authorities before.
Gomez joined the NYPD in April 2019 and was assigned to a transit district in Brooklyn.
Later in the day, the force tweeted: ‘Today, we mourn. Our hearts are heavy as we investigate the tragic murder of an NYPD officer who was off-duty last night in the Bronx. We’re here for her loved ones, her fellow cops — and to ensure the person responsible is brought to justice.’
Argenis de Jesus Baez Pizano is placed into a car as he is taken into custody
Argenis de Jesus Baez Pizano, 34, is escorted out of the 44th precinct where he was charged with the murder of his estranged wife, police officer Arianna Reyes-Gomez, 31
Argenis de Jesus Baez Pizano, is said to have then turned himself in to the 44th precinct
The stabbing took place inside a residential apartment on Grand Concourse in the Bronx, New York, allegedly after a domestic dispute.
The body of a female police officer, Arianna Gomez,31, was taken away in an ambulance, on Monday morning after she was stabbed to death
Medics wrapped up the victim in a body bag before taking her away. The victim and the suspect reportedly have one child together
A NYPD honors the unidentified and now-deceased police woman after her body was brought inside an ambulance
Pizano, is not believed to have a criminal history. The couple had a three-year-old son who is living in Georgia with relatives, according to NBC.
He has been charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon, authorities said.
A motive for the killing has not been made clear.
‘We’ve had far to many cases of domestic violence homicides in the Bronx,’ said Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson said.
‘It can happen to anyone, even police officers, even first responders. So it just reminds us that we have to keep doing this work, we have to keep focusing on resources and programs for victims of domestic violence, giving them a safe space and an outlet to go to.’
Argenis de Jesus Baez Pizano is pictured in photographs given to DailyMail.com by a neighbor
The NYPD Crime Scene Unit is seen at the apartment of deceased NYPD officer Arianna Reyes- Gomez
The NYPD paid tribute to the fallen policewoman on Twitter, sharing that the force’s heart is ‘heavy’ and that it will ‘ensure the person responsible is brought to justice’
An off-duty NYPD officer, 31, was stabbed to death in the early hours of Monday morning at an apartment complex inside an apartment building on Grand Course in the Bronx (pictured)
‘We don’t know what was going on with them, we just knew they were separated,’ Gomez’s brother, Pedro Reyes, said to the Daily News. ‘We can’t believe it.’
‘We’re feeling awful about this. We are in shock. We have no words,’ he added.
”She was really a single mother. [Her son] was being taken care of by his grandparents and aunts. He was going to come back to New York in September to start school. She was so helpful, she helped everybody,’ her brother said. ‘She loved being a police officer. She was studying to be a sergeant.
‘She worked hard to become a police officer. We want justice.’
Gomez is survived by three sisters, two brother and her young son.