A 14-year-old boy who was found near a Bronx building with multiple stab wounds to his chest died on Friday, the police said.
Police officers found the boy, Caleb Rios, unconscious and unresponsive near 300 East 138th Street in the Mott Haven neighborhood after responding to a 911 call around 9:30 a.m. on Friday. He lived nearby, in a building at 175 Alexander Avenue, part of a housing complex run by the New York City Housing Authority.
Emergency responders took him to Lincoln Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
No arrests have been made, but investigators are looking into whether the attack may have been related to gang activity or a physical fight, the police said.
Jacob Rios, Caleb’s father, described him as a “wonderful boy” who was caring and loving.
“It’s hard right now.” he said. “We’re sad. We are trying to discuss the next steps. We don’t really know what happened.”
On Friday evening, a blood stain was visible on the sidewalk just outside an entrance for the Third Avenue-138th Street station for the 6 train. A single Ugg shoe was on the pavement next to an evidence marker.
Fritz Pierre Jr., an outreach worker with a crime intervention group, said local gang rivalries had been brewing in the area. He said his group had been “trying to keep our eyes and ears on the street and make our presence known” to divert people from trouble.
Caleb is at least the third teenager in New York to have been killed in the first 10 days of 2025.
On Jan. 3, two 17-year-olds were shot in the Bronx, according to a statement from the police. One was shot in the abdomen and taken to a hospital in stable condition; the other, Andrew Mora, was shot in the chest and died.
Less than an hour after that shooting, police officers responding to a call in East Harlem found two people with stab wounds and a third with a laceration on his forehead. One of the people stabbed, a 17-year-old boy, was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
The killings came just days after at least 10 people, including some teenagers, were shot outside a concert hall in Queens on New Year’s Day. All of the victims were expected to recover.
Parents and children walking by the latest crime scene in Mott Haven on Friday were shocked and expressed concern about youth violence in the city.
“Keep an eye on your kids — that’s what I do, all this time in New York,” said Anthony Smalls, 36, whose 17- and 18-year-old children live in the neighborhood. “It’s hurtful, very, very hurtful. It can happen so fast.”
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