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Dennis Cho, 20, charged with stabbing his mother to death at their home in Auburndale, Queens

Queens man charged with killing mother inside their home
Queens man charged with killing mother inside their home 01:27

NEW YORK -- A Queens man accused of stabbing his mother to death was arrested and charged with murder Saturday. 

Police said 20-year-old Dennis Cho killed his mother, 60-year-old Sook Hyun Cho, inside their home on 191st Street in Auburndale on Friday. 

"I saw the cops come really quick. They're running upstairs. I came downstairs to see what's going on. The kids followed me. And then they carried the lady out, you know. He stabbed her, the son," a stunned neighbor told CBS2.

Detectives said they found the woman unresponsive on her bedroom floor. She died at the hospital. 

"I feel very sad. I feel like it's kind of disturbing because we're all family here," said Eddie Ortiz, a neighbor. "Just a normal family. They were very quiet." 

Neighbors told CBS2 police were called to the home several times before.

"They used to argue a lot though, the mother and the son," a neighbor said.   

We're told the suspect's father had lacerations on his hand, neck and head. He is expected to be OK. 

Investigators did not immediately release details on a motive for the woman's death.

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