The 18-year-old man fatally stabbed in Manhattan’s Flatiron District has been identified as Bronx resident Denzel Bimpey, police said Saturday.
The deadly incident unfolded around 10:40 p.m. Friday on the corner of East 26th Street and Park Avenue South, cops said.
Cops investigate the fatal stabbing of 18-year-old Denzel Bimpey, a Bronx resident. Kevin C. Downs for NY Post
The deadly incident unfolded around 10:40 p.m. Friday on the corner of East 26th Street and Park Avenue South, cops said. Kevin C. Downs for NY PostThe teen was stabbed multiple times in his chest, shoulder and arm and rushed to Bellevue Hospital, where he later died, authorities said.
Bimpey’s attacker ran off, cops said.
A “person of interest’ was taken into custody, but has not been charged, an NYPD spokesman said.
The attack came amid an increase in stabbings citywide this year. NYPD data shows the number of stabbings and slashings rose 6% across the five boroughs from last year, to nearly 5,000.
The victim of the stabbing was identified as Denzel Bimpey Kevin C. Downs for NY Post
Despite the attacker running off, a person of interest was apprehended. Kevin C. Downs for NY Post
The person of interest has not yet been charged. Kevin C. Downs for NY PostComments
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