NEW YORK, Oct 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A teenager was killed after another teen stabbed him on a New York City public bus in what is believed to be a gang-related altercation, police said.
The incident occurred around 2:30 p.m. ET Friday on Staten Island, according to NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell. The two male teens got into a confrontation on an MTA bus, Chell said.
“Witnesses state there’s an argument on a bus, a knife is produced and gang signs were being shown back and forth,” Chell told reporters during a press briefing.
One of the teens stabbed the other in the chest, then fled the bus, according to Chell.
The suspect ran about three blocks, before a retired NYPD sergeant and a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation officer helped pursue and apprehend him, Chell said.
The 13-year-old victim suffered multiple stab wounds, police said. He was transported to a local hospital in critical condition and later pronounced dead, police said.
A 14-year-old person of interest was taken into custody, Chell said. — NNN-AGENCIES
