Shocking video shows woman fall three stories from a fire escape during fight with a man who later 'stabbed a neighbor to death' while he was confronting him about the incident

• Erica Morel scaled the fire escape outside Dwayne Murray's Bronx apartment on Sunday looking to confront his girlfriend over 'drugs and money'
• Instead, Murray came outside and fought with Morel on the fire escape; she fell backwards and landed on the sidewalk three stories below
• Several people subsequently began hassling Murray, accusing him of pushing Morel from the stairs
• One of the accusers, Curtis Nichols, then showed up outside Murray's apartment, and the two men got into a fight
• Murray 'fatally stabbed Nichols five times' ; he has now been charged with murder, but has not been charged over Morel's fall from his fire escape 

A New York City woman is in hospital after she plunged three stories from a fire escape following an altercation with a man who was later charged with stabbing a neighbor to death.

Shocking cellphone video filmed Sunday shows Erica Morel, 35, struggling with Dwayne Murray, 29, on the fire escape outside his apartment in The Bronx. 

Law enforcement sources told The New York Post that Morel scaled the fire escape to confront Murray's girlfriend about 'drugs and money', before she fell to the ground below.  

Several locals 'soon started threatening Murray, accusing him of pushing Morel'. One of those accusers - gang member and neighbor Curtis Nichols - turned up late Sunday to confront Murray at his home. The pair became involved in a scuffle before Murray allegedly stabbed Nichols to death. 

He has now been charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon. 

He has not been charged in relation to Morel falling from his fire escape. She remains in a stable condition in hospital.  

Shocking cellphone video filmed Sunday shows Erica Morel, 35, struggling with Dwayne Murray, 29, on the fire escape outside his apartment in The Bronx. She then fell backwards, landing on the sidewalk three stories below 

The incident unfolded Sunday afternoon, with police sources telling the Post that Morel showed up at Murray's Bronx apartment to speak with his girlfriend.  

'When the woman wouldn't let Morel in, she climbed the fire escape with a knife,' the law enforcement officials said. 

Neighbors across the street began filming the wild incident, with footage showing Morel  banging on Murray's window before he comes out to confront her.  

After a struggle on the landing, she falls backwards, hitting her feet on a fire escape below before landing on the sidewalk  below. A pedestrian on the street is seen rushing to her aid. 

A witness told The New York Daily News that Morel 'cracked her head open' following the fall. 

'She was bleeding and a woman was trying to put stuff on her head to stop it,' they stated.

Morel was rushed to nearby St. Barnabas hospital, where she currently remains. 

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Morel (in blue) is seen on the sidewalk below after falling from the fire escape. A witness said she had 'cracked her head open' and 'and a woman was trying to put stuff on her head to stop the bleeding'

After the video was shared online and word got round among locals, several people allegedly started to threaten Murray.  

Curtis Nichols, 37 - reported to be a member of the Gorilla Stone Gang - showed up outside Murray's apartment in the evening and was reportedly hassling him. 

The pair two allegedly became involved in a fight on the sidewalk, before Murray pulled out a knife and 'fatally stabbed Nichols five times'. 

Police combed through surveillance footage that reportedly showed 'Murray chasing the victim with a knife and assaulting him'. 

Officers who had responded to Morel's fall outside the building earlier in the day quickly assumed  the two incidents were linked. 

'The cops who had been there earlier for the woman out the window had come back, and when they saw the video, they knew it was Dwayne Murray'' the law enforcement official told the Post. 

Murray is now being held behind bars without bail. 

Morel fell from the third floor fire escape of this apartment block in The Bronx. Nichols was stabbed to death several hours later on the sidewalk below