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A man with an extensive criminal record was arrested on Sunday morning in connection with the gruesome killing of a woman in a Brooklyn public housing development that left another woman seriously injured.

An ax covered in blood was recovered from a trash compactor in the housing development, the New York Police Department said, though it was not immediately clear if it was used in the attacks.

Jerry Brown, 34, of Brooklyn, was charged with murder, attempted murder and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon.

A 21-year-old woman had called for an Uber outside the housing complex, the Bushwick Houses on Flushing Avenue, around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, the police said. The driver saw that she was bleeding heavily from cuts to her head and stomach and called 911.