A New York man, who was out on bond, has been apprehended after allegedly murdering his parents in their family deli, police reports indicate.
The individual in question, identified as 30-year-old Vito Dambrosio, was taken into custody following the tragic event, as reported by FOX 5 News.
The unsettling incident unfolded Thursday morning around 9:11 a.m. at the A&A Italian Deli, located in Bethpage, Long Island.
Law enforcement officers were dispatched to the scene after a call came in about a man in the deli’s parking lot, whose hands and clothes were visibly stained with blood, according to the FOX 5 report.
Upon their arrival, police found Dambrosio still in the parking lot, his clothing covered in blood. He was promptly arrested. Inside the deli, authorities discovered a gruesome scene: Dambrosio’s parents were found behind the counter, both having suffered fatal stab wounds to the throat.
Officers reportedly found Dambrosio covered in blood and still standing in the parking lot, where he was placed under arrest. Authorities subsequently entered the deli, where they found Dambrosio’s mother and father behind the counter, both stabbed in the throat.
During the attack, Dambrosio allegedly stabbed his mother first before turning the knife on his father, according to police.
Investigators also revealed that within 30 minutes of the killings, Dambrosio allegedly entered a local coffee shop and slapped a female employee on the buttocks before driving to the deli to kill his parents.
Vito Dambrosio, 30, is accused of stabbing his parents to death inside the family-owned A&A Italian Deli in Bethpage, New York, on Dec. 4, 2025. (FOX 5)
Dambrosio was taken into custody and transported to a hospital for evaluation, according to FOX 5.
At the time of the murders, Dambrosio was out on bond stemming from a domestic incident involving one of his siblings, in which an order of protection was implemented on Nov. 14, FOX 5 reported. According to authorities, Dambrosio had previous run-ins with law enforcement and had been arrested in Florida.
He had become estranged from his parents after the November incident involving a sibling, FOX 5 reported.
Authorities arrested Vito Dambrosio outside his family’s Long Island deli after he was found in the parking lot covered in blood in New York on Nov. 4, 2025, according to FOX 5. (FOX 5)
In light of the murders, members of the Long Island community are reeling over the loss of two individuals often regarded for their kindness and empathy.
“They would give you the shirt off their back,” Dan Harper, a friend of the victims, told FOX 5. “If you didn’t have money for food, they’d say, ‘Pay me tomorrow, pay me next week.’ I’d walk in sometimes and say, ‘Man, I’ve got no money,’ and they’d just wave it off. They made great food and they were just happy-go-lucky people. I can’t see this happening. It’s awful. It’s really heartbreaking.”
The Nassau County District Attorney’s Office and Dambrosio’s attorney did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
