NEW YORK – A teenager was killed and another man injured in a stabbing attack after an argument on a Queens street corner, police said.
The altercation and subsequent attack occurred around 6 p.m. Wednesday, according to police, near a bus stop at the corner of Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 111th Street in Rockaway Park.
Two men, a 19-year-old boy and an older man, had some kind of verbal dispute with three others, police said, although they did not reveal what the discussion was about.
The conversation became more heated, and it was then that the 19-year-old was stabbed and killed. His name has yet to be released. The other man he was with was also stabbed, but he was conscious and expected to survive.
A 17-year-old was arrested along with another man, police said, as a third man is still wanted.
Neighbors said the area is usually very quiet, but they have noticed more crime since last year.
“It’s been very nice, but it’s gotten a lot crazier here. Lots of fights, stabbings and insanity,” said Raymond Assadourian, who has lived in the area his entire life. “Every two weeks or so there is something to do.”
An investigation is ongoing.
If you have information about this crime call 1-888-57-PISTA.
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