Waldo Mejia, 29, was arrested and charged with murder in connection with the Friday morning stabbing of Caleb Rijos, 14.
Police have arrested and charged a man in connection with the death of a Bronx teenager who was stabbed on his way to school on Friday morning, officials said on Saturday.twice in the chest in an unprovoked attack, police said, adding that he was taken to Lincoln Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police arrested Waldo Mejia, 29, later that night and charged him with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon, officials said.
Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said video of the incident showed Mejia approaching and stabbing Rijos as he stood alone on 138th Street. Kenny said Rijos then fled and collapsed between two parked cars. Tisch said police used images of Mejia to link him with another attack that also took place in the area earlier this month, in which a man was followed and slashed near the Third Avenue-138th Street station entrance.
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