Police have apprehended a person of interest in the fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old boy in the Bronx on January 10th. Detectives believe the suspect may also be responsible for a separate stabbing incident earlier in the week. The arrest was made after an NYPD Transit Bureau officer recognized the suspect from surveillance images.
A person of interest in the deadly stabbing of a Bronx teen on Jan. 10, 2025 is now in custody with charges pending, police officials reported.Detectives believe the unnamed individual who fatally attacked a 14-year-old boy on East 138th Street just after 9:20 a.m. on Jan. 10 in an unprovoked assault may have also been responsible for another random stabbing in the borough earlier in the week.
“At this time, we believe the two incidents are connected and were committed by the same perpetrator,” Kenny said during a Jan. 11 press conference at the 69th Precinct in Brooklyn, where police officials outlined details of an unrelated incident. Police said the teenage stabbing victim, 14-year-old Caleb Rijos of Alexander Avenue, was stabbed twice in the torso at about 9:25 a.m. on Jan. 10 near 300 East 138th St. in Mott Haven.Police said the teenage stabbing victim, 14-year-old Caleb Rijos of Alexander Avenue, was stabbed twice in the torso at about 9:25 a.m. on Jan. 10 near 300 East 138th St. in Mott Haven.
Video of the incident, Kenny said, showed the victim standing alone on the sidewalk when the suspect approached and violently stabbed him without any provocation.The video from the crime scene showed the suspect, who was described as a Hispanic man with a slim build, standing between 6 feet, 1 inch and 6 feet, 3 inches tall, who wore a black jacket, gray pants and black Nike sneakers.
In the Jan. 5 incident, Kenny said, the victim, a 38-year-old man, was knifed in the left arm by the perpetrator while walking down the stairs leading to the 3rd Avenue-East 138th Street subway station. EMS took the victim to a local hospital, where he received several stitches to close the wound.Later on Friday, the person of interest in both stabbings was apprehended and brought in for questioning.
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