Teen fatally stabbed in the back outside NYC building
A 17-year-old teenager, Jonathan Melo, was fatally stabbed in the back outside a building in the Bronx on April 29, 2026, and later pronounced dead at a hospital. Police responded to the scene on Beach Avenue around 4:30 p.m. but have not made any arrests. The motive for the attack remains unclear as the investigation continues.
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Metro Teen fatally stabbed in the back outside NYC building By Zoe Hussain Published April 30, 2026, 2:08 a.m. ET A teenager was fatally stabbed in the Bronx on Wednesday afternoon, according to police. Officers responded to the front of a building on Beach Avenue in Soundview just after 4:30 p.m. and discovered Jonathan Melo, 17, with a stab wound to his back. Melo was rushed to NYC Health and Hospitals/Jacobi in critical condition, where he was later pronounced dead, cops said. The scene where Jonathan Melo, 17, was fatally stabbed at 1337 Beach Avenue in the Bronx around 4:30 p.m. on April 29, 2026. Christopher Sadowski for NY Post A police officer standing at the door of 1337 Beach Avenue in the Bronx.
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