The man who walked into a Brooklyn police precinct Monday while covered in blood and admitted to killing a man in his apartment will not be charged because it may have been an act of self-defense, amNewYork has learned.

The 58-year-old resident of 207 Troy Ave. in Crown Heights walked into the 77th Precinct at around 3:15 a.m. on Oct. 13 weeping with blood over his hands and told officers that he believed he had killed a man. When cops arrived at the home they found bloody footprints in the hallway leading to the apartment where they discovered 56-year-old homeless man Kenneth Dantzler face up with stab wounds to the chest and arms.

Dantzler was pronounced dead at the scene. A blood-covered knife and scissors were also found nearby.

Meanwhile, detectives questioned the unnamed suspect t

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