The deaths of two men stabbed in the street on different days in Queens this week may be linked — based on the sneakers and other clothing worn by potential suspects in surveillance videos, police sources said Friday.
“We’re looking into the possibility that they’re connected,” a police source said of the slayings.
The first deadly slashing happened Tuesday when a 25-year-old man was found with “multiple stab wounds to the torso” around 9:30 p.m. at 197th Street and Carpenter Avenue in Hollis, police said. He was rushed to Jamaica Hospital but couldn’t be saved.
Police sources say that there may be a connection between two Queens stabbings that occurred on two different days. William C. Lopez/NYPOSTPolice released surveillance footage from the slaying that shows two men walking — one wearing black sneakers and the other in what appear to be a pair of Converse sneakers — with cops calling them persons of interest in the case.
The deadly slashing happened December 21, 2021 when a 25-year-old man was found with “multiple stab wounds to the torso” around 9:30 p.m. at 197th Street and Carpenter Avenue in Hollis. William C. Lopez/NYPOST
The second fatal stabbing was discovered around 11 p.m. December 21, 2021 when police responded to a 911 call of a male shot at the intersection of 89th Avenue and 150th Street. William C. Lopez/NYPOST
Police investigate the stabbing at the intersection of 89th Avenue and 150th Street. William C. Lopez/NYPOSTThe second fatal stabbing was discovered about 2.5 miles away around 11 p.m. Thursday when police responded to a 911 call of a male shot at the intersection of 89th Avenue and 150th Street and found a 29-year-old man with multiple wounds to the back and torso, cops said. EMS responded and determined that the wounds were actually stab wounds, police said.
The victim was taken to Jamaica Hospital but later died. He was identified as Benjamin Vasquez Bulux, police said.
One of the men at the scene of the first stabbing was caught on surveillance related to this second case in similar shoes and clothing, cops said.


