Whitey Ford
08-13-2020, 02:57 PM
Suspect in Custody After 18-Year-Old Stabbed, Set on Fire in NYC Building
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A suspect is in custody in the death of an 18-year-old man who was stabbed, doused with liquid and set on fire in a Bronx apartment building Wednesday afternoon, police said.
The teen was in an argument with his assailant before the assault shortly after 3 p.m. in a fifth-floor hallway of a building in Highbridge, according to the NYPD. The suspect stabbed the teen three times before using the accelerant and setting him ablaze.
The victim was later identified as Winston Ortiz. A senior NYPD official with direct knowledge of the case said that neighbors heard screaming, thought the building was on fire before their went out into the hall to witness the gruesome scene. Another teenager, a girl, was screaming for help in the hallway. Witnesses attempted to put the fire out by pouring water on Ortiz.
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/teen-stabbed-doused-with-liquid-and-set-on-fire-in-bronx-police-hunt-for-suspect/2565120/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeBMF93AVnE&feature=emb_logo
https://i.imgur.com/Ov5X9wN.jpg
A suspect is in custody in the death of an 18-year-old man who was stabbed, doused with liquid and set on fire in a Bronx apartment building Wednesday afternoon, police said.
The teen was in an argument with his assailant before the assault shortly after 3 p.m. in a fifth-floor hallway of a building in Highbridge, according to the NYPD. The suspect stabbed the teen three times before using the accelerant and setting him ablaze.
The victim was later identified as Winston Ortiz. A senior NYPD official with direct knowledge of the case said that neighbors heard screaming, thought the building was on fire before their went out into the hall to witness the gruesome scene. Another teenager, a girl, was screaming for help in the hallway. Witnesses attempted to put the fire out by pouring water on Ortiz.
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/teen-stabbed-doused-with-liquid-and-set-on-fire-in-bronx-police-hunt-for-suspect/2565120/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeBMF93AVnE&feature=emb_logo