Police believe the maniac who stabbed a 14-year-old boy to death in the Bronx in an unprovoked incident was also suspected of slashing an innocent bystander at a subway station.
Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenney said at a news conference late Friday that images of the cold-blooded killer were obtained from surveillance video and played to officers pursuing the suspect.
Authorities say Caleb Rios, 14, was standing on the sidewalk on East 138th Street near Lincoln Avenue in Mott Haven around 9:25 a.m. Friday when the gunman thrust a knife into his chest twice.
The man later died from his injuries at Lincoln Medical Center, police said.
Bronx police officers recognized the suspect in a Jan. 5 stabbing inside the express station at 3rd Avenue and 138th Street 6th Street in Mott Haven. In this incident, a 38-year-old man was randomly slashed on his left arm while standing at a train station. step.
“At this point, we believe the two incidents are related and were committed by the same perpetrator,” Kenney said.
Police have one person of interest in custody and are asking the public for information about the suspect seen in surveillance footage, who is described as being between 6-foot-1 and 6-foot-3 with a thin build. There is.
