The new year began with a violent start after a man was killed and his friend left clinging to life in a knife fight outside a Queens bar early Monday morning — marking the Big Apple’s first murder of 2024.
Tsering Wangdu, 29, died Monday evening, more than 12 hours after the brawl erupted on the corner of 76th Street and Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights, police said.
He and his 30-year-old friend were kicked out of a nearby bar just before 4 a.m. after getting into an argument with another New Year’s Eve reveler, according to law enforcement sources.
Tsering Wangdu was fatally stabbed on the corner of 76 Street and Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights. Robert Mecea
Wangdu and his 30-year-old friend were kicked out of a nearby bar just before 4 a.m. after getting into an argument with another New Year’s Eve reveler Robert Mecea
The Queen’s double stabbing marks NYC’s first murder of 2024. Robert Mecea
The unknown assailant is still on the run and police have made no arrests. Robert MeceaWangdu, who lived in the neighborhood, was stabbed in the thigh, while his friend was slashed in the chest and face, the NYPD said.
Both were rushed to Elmhurst Hospital, where Wangdu was pronounced dead later that evening.
The friend remains in critical condition.
The unknown assailant is still on the run and no arrests have been made.
