The sister of a Bronx man stabbed and killed earlier this month is urging the family of the suspected killer to “turn him in.”
Denzel Bimpey was knifed to death Dec. 15 in Manhattan, and police named 18-year-old Thierno Bah as a “person of interest” in the case Friday.
“We are hoping they catch him before he kills someone else. He doesn’t deserve to be on the streets,” heartbroken 28-year-old sibling Godslove Bimpey said.
She made an impassioned plea to Bah’s kin.
“If his family knows where he is, I hope they turn him in. If his family knows the pain we are feeling — I want them to put themselves in our shoes — and they know where he’s at, [tell him] he’s to turn himself in,” she said.
Police did not say what Bah’s link to the deadly crime could be, but confirmed he has no prior criminal history.
A candle memorial was placed in the Bronx for college student Denzel Bimpey, 18. Tomas E.Gaston
The NYPD is looking to speak with Thierno Bah in connection with the deadly Bimpey stabbing. NYPD/DCPI
The deadly episode occurred around 10:40 a.m. on the corner of East 26th Street and Park Avenue South. Tomas E.GastonThe deadly incident unfolded around 10:40 p.m. on the corner of East 26th Street and Park Avenue South in what investigators believe was a gang member mix-up.
Bimpey, an 18-year-old SUNY Morrisville freshman, was attacked while traveling on a bus back to his home in the Bronx for Christmas, his family told The Post earlier this week.
Other students on the bus — believed to be Six Blocks of Harlem gang members — argued with Bimpey and his friends on the ride down from Syracuse.
Bimpey was an 18-year-old SUNY Morrisville freshman.
Bimpey’s group tried to convey they weren’t part of a gang, NYPD officials said.
The spat turned deadly when the bus arrived in the Flatiron District and commuters started to gather their bags, police said.
One of the alleged gang members repeatedly slashed Bimpey, sticking him in the chest, shoulder and arm, cops said.
“We are just trying to fight for justice for Denzel,” his sister, Godslove Bimpey said. Brigitte StelzerBimpey and his friends tried to escape, but the wounded teenager collapsed and his attacker ran off. He died at Bellevue Hospital.
For now, his family is looking for closure.
“At this moment we just want to remember who he was, the type of person he was.. “We are just trying to fight for justice for Denzel,” Godslove Bimpey said.
“His name will continue to reign forever. We are proud of that.”
There are no arrests, an NYPD spokesperson said Saturday afternoon.
