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Kevin Alvarez has been arrested and charged for the grizzly murder of 15-year-old Lesandro Guzman-Feliz in the Bronx, New York. Alvarez has been charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter, gang assault and assault. Four other suspects have been arrested by the New York Police Department but have yet to be charged.
Guzman-Feliz, just 15 years old, was brutally stabbed to death outside of the Zesarina Grocery located on East 183rd Street in the Belmont section of the Bronx on Tuesday, June 19.
According to witnesses, Guzman-Feliz got slashed in the neck with a machete as a result of the fight. He attempted to run to St. Barnabas hospital which was just a block away, collapsed on the sidewalk on the way.
Investigators said Guzman-Feliz’s dying words were that he needed some water.
via NBC New York:
The NYPD released photos of five suspects after 15-year-old Lesandro Guzman-Feliz was stabbed in the neck in front of a bodega in the Belmont neighborhood of the Bronx on Wednesday. Police in Paterson, New Jersey, meanwhile, have taken an unspecified number of people into custody in connection with the stabbing, the department said.
“The department has identified multiple suspects and is in the process of interviewing some of them at this time,” the NYPD said in a statement. “Initial arrests have been made, and more are anticipated.”
“The NYPD thanks the public for the outpouring of tips in this case, and encourages people to continue to come forward if they have information to share,” it added. Police sources initially said that two people were in custody in connection with Guzman-Feliz’ death.
Guzman-Feliz, known to his friends as Junior, was part of the NYPD’s Law Enforcement Explorers program.
The gang that killed Guzman-Feliz say it was a case of mistaken identity. A relative of Guzman-Feliz’s said an alleged gang member sent an apology to them on Snapchat.
Bronx icons such as CC Sabathia and Cardi B have both spoken out against the senseless murder. Cardi B donated $8,000 to a GoFundMe page that was launched to pay his funeral expenses. At the time of this writing, the GoFundMe has raised over $161,000.
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