By The Diary
Jonathan Melo, a 17-year-old teenager, died after being stabbed in the back in the Bronx (NYC) yesterday mid-afternoon.
According to the NYPD, Melo was attacked in front of an apartment building on Seaside Ave., near McGraw Ave., in the Soundview neighborhoodaround 4:34 pm on Wednesday.
Paramedics rushed the teenager to Jacobi Medical Centerwhere he died. The victim He resided approximately one mile from the location where he was murdered.reported Day after day Data.
According to amNY, the victim and the suspect They had been provoking each other through social networks before the attack. Apparently the two met outside the building and got into a verbal dispute. The exchange turned violent after the suspect headed home with friends, grabbed a knife, and returned to attack Melo. Authorities said the rest of the group dispersed around the time the deadly attack was launched.
No arrests have been made or suspects identified. Anyone with information should call at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) and in Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Also through the website crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by text message to 274637 (CRIMES), followed by TIP577. All communications are strictly confidential.
Even though NYC reports a record low number of homicides and shootings, violence with firearms and knives remains constant. Some victims are hit at random on streets, schools, public transportation, buildings, businesses and even inside hospitals. The clashes are usually linked to battles between gang members for territory and Suspects sometimes incriminate themselves by bragging and posting about their crimes on social media.
On Monday, a fifteen-year-old boy was shot in the chest while traveling on the New York Subway in Queens, and according to the NYPD, he had already survived another shooting earlier this year. Also this month A man in his 30s was stabbed on a Metro line 4 train near Wall St, in Lower The monumental apple. reported New York Post; and on Saturday, April 11, three elderly passengers were attacked with a machete by a suspect who was killed by the police in Immense Central.
In particular stabbings continue to shake the city. The trend seems to be fewer people shot, but more stabbed. Until the end of September 2024, more than 65 people died from knives that year, up from 54 at the same time in 2023. That left an average of Every week a New Yorker had lost their life due to knives.
Last week two men were stabbed – one of them fatally – outside a day care center for the homeless in Hell’s Kitchen in Midtown West The monumental apple (NYC).