Police arrested a senior man accused of killing a Bronx teen and injuring two other victims during a triple stabbing in East Harlem on Friday night.
Saul Sanchez, 62, of 1st Avenue was charged on Jan. 4 with second-degree murder and assault for the bloody attack that occurred at about 6:13 p.m. on Jan. 3 near the corner of East 108th Street and 2nd Avenue.
Officers from the 23rd Precinct, in responding to a 911 call about an assault in progress, found the three victims at the location with various stab wounds. News 12 reported that the stabbing had occurred inside a nearby bodega.
Police sources said Saturday that the deadly stabbing seemed to stem from a verbal dispute that turned violent, though the initial cause of the dispute was not clear.
One of the victims, identified as 17-year-old Carlos Rivas of East 154th Street in the Bronx, suffered stab wounds to his chest and lower abdomen.
EMS rushed Rivas to Harlem Hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later. He was the victim of New York City’s sixth reported homicide in the first three days of 2025.
The other victims, cops said, included a 22-year-old man stabbed in the left arm and a 62-year-old man who suffered a forehead laceration. Both men were also taken by paramedics to Harlem Hospital, and are listed in stable condition.
As of Dec. 29, 2024, the 23rd Precinct had seven homicides year-to-date, one more than the total tallied in 2023.
Updated on Jan. 5 at 9:05 a.m.
