Officers who responded to a 911 call found the boy on a train platform at a subway station in North Harlem with a stab wound to the abdomen, police said in a statement. Preliminary investigations indicate that “the fight or argument started on the street and continued into the station where an altercation occurred,” said Jason Wilcox, chief of the NYPD’s transit division.
The teenager was transported to a hospital, Wilcox said, where he was pronounced dead approximately half an hour later. Crime scene investigators recovered a knife and what appeared to be a broom, he said.
MTA surveillance footage provided images of people who were at the scene, and investigators released descriptions of possible suspects to responding officers. One man, who matched part of the description and was bleeding from the back and abdomen, was taken into custody, authorities said.
Police are reviewing video footage from the scene and speaking with witnesses. No other suspects are being sought, said Wilcox, who urged people with information to come forward.
“At this time, we do not believe this is a random attack,” Wilcox said. “The individuals involved are believed to know each other.
Officials have placed increased emphasis on the safety of residents and the response of law enforcement in the metro area amid a rise in urban crime, including a mass shooting at a Brooklyn subway station in April. The city has seen a nearly 38 percent increase in serious crimes this year through July 3 compared to the same period in 2021, according to statistics released by the NYPD. Historically, such crime rates are still lower now than in recent decades such as the 1980s and 1990s.
A man was fatally shot after threatening authorities, police said
In an unrelated incident Saturday, a man allegedly called police, identified himself and made threats against the governor, some elected officials and members of the NYPD, authorities said.
During the phone call, the man said he was “going to blow the head off the first cop he saw,” according to New York City Police Department Patrol Chief Jeffrey B. Madry. The man then made a second phone call to the NYPD in Queens and repeated the same call, Madri said.
Members of the NYPD’s 113 Precinct in Queens dispatched uniformed officers and marked vehicles to respond to an area near the “address in question,” Madry said.
A man came out of the home and one of the officers called him by name, Madri said. The man confirmed that he was the caller and began swearing at the officers. He did not listen to their commands to take his hands out of his pockets, police said.
There was a brief verbal exchange before the man brandished a firearm and pointed it at police, Madri said. The man fired several shots and “at least six” officers returned fire, he said.
Officers subdued the wounded man and began life-saving measures, taking him to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, Madri said.
Multiple police officers were also taken to the hospital and treated for various injuries, including tinnitus and high blood pressure, Madri said. The scene is still under investigation.
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