A Bronx man has been charged with homicide within the deadly stabbing of a 14-year-old boy, legislation enforcement sources informed The Publish.
Waldo Mejia can be going through manslaughter and prison possession of a weapon expenses, the sources mentioned.
The accused killer didn’t know Caleb Rijos, who was standing on the sidewalk of East 138th Avenue, close to Lincoln Avenue Friday morning, when he was stabbed twice within the chest, sources and police mentioned.
Rijos was taken to Lincoln Medical Heart, the place he later died from his accidents, cops mentioned.
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch has known as for a Saturday afternoon information convention in relation to the case.
Mejia can be believed to be accountable for a Jan. 5 stabbing within the Third Avenue and East 138th Avenue subway station in Mott Haven, throughout which a 38-year-old man was slashed within the left arm whereas standing on the steps, the sources added.
After Rijos’ homicide, an picture of his killer was obtained from surveillance video and was blasted out to officers who’re attempting to find the suspect, Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny mentioned at a late Friday information convention.
Mejia, 29, has not less than 4 prior prison instances, together with one from November during which he allegedly used a kitchen knife to stab a neighbor’s doorbell digital camera, police sources mentioned.
He was arrested in The Bronx in April 2019 on housebreaking and arson expenses after he deliberately set the foyer of a residential constructing on hearth, the sources added.
In Could 2017, Mejia was arrested on prison possession of weapons expenses when he was discovered with a pistol, and in January 2015 police caught him with a gravity knife, police sources mentioned. The end result of every case wasn’t instantly clear.
