Chilling statement from Randazzo murder suspect

Just two days before the FBI released figures showing that New York is the safest big city in the United States, the 78-year-old father of three NYPD officers and author of two adventure novels was stabbed to death in broad daylight near his Hillcrest home.
Carmine Randazzo was stabbed five times just after noon on Saturday, September 16, as he strolled past a flea market at 80-25 Parsons Boulevard. He was pronounced dead at Mary Immaculate Hospital in Jamaica shortly thereafter.
Witnesses directed police to a residence at 150-90 Village Drive in Briarwood, where they arrested William Z. Scott, 28, the son of a New York City Corrections Officer.
Scott was arraigned before Queens Criminal Court Judge Deborah Stevens Modica in the prison ward of Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan on Tuesday morning, September 19. He is being held without bail pending psychiatric evaluation.
According to Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown's office, Scott was charged with two counts of second-degree murder and possession of a deadly weapon for killing Randazzo.
He was also charged with assault for a separate attack at the intersection of Parsons Boulevard and Union Turnpike in August after the victim, 48 year-old Lawrence Nelson, picked him out of a police line up. Nelson suffered a hand wound in the incident, which happened in front of the same flea market as the murder.
In a statement given to Detective Edward T. Caddle of the 107th Precinct homicide squad, Scott said, &#8220I took a knife from my kitchen drawer, and I stabbed a man [Randazzo] on Parsons Boulevard. I then ran to my house and washed the knife, put it back in the drawer and then took a cold shower.” Scott also said, &#8220The clothes I was wearing I put in the hamper,” according to the signed statement.
Scott faces 25 years to life if convicted, according to Brown.
Published reports have said that Scott, a diagnosed schizophrenic on medication, has a criminal record dating back to 1995, with convictions including robbery, assault, weapons and drug possession. It was reported that he was last jailed in May for interfering with an arrest on Jamaica Avenue.
Scott, who is African-American, is reported to have a long-standing reputation in the neighborhood for violent behavior and verbal hostility toward &#8220white people.” Neighbors said that Scott apparently evolved from &#8220a happy-go-lucky boy into a deranged young man.”
A spokesperson from Brown's office said, &#8220To my knowledge, there are no plans to treat this as a bias crime. Our office is proceeding with prosecution for the offenses charged. There is a scheduled court appearance on Friday morning, September 22, and the defendant has waived his right to appear.”
Calls to Scott's attorney, Legal Aid lawyer Marybeth Anderson were not returned and a call placed to the Randazzo family was answered by an unidentified male who said that they were unable to comment at this time.
Randazzo's last book, Solo Lupo, which means &#8220Lone Wolf” in Italian, was published on June 6, 2005. With the news of Randazzo's murder, the book's popularity rating on Amazon.com went from number 2,758,448 on Monday afternoon to number 126,368 Tuesday evening.