Police said an as yet unidentified man has died following a fatal stabbing in the Wakefield section of The Bronx. His age and other details are unknown currently, they said.

 

A police spokesperson said that they received a call at 6.37 a.m. on Friday, May 1, for a report of an assault.

 

He said upon arrival, the victim was discovered with slash wounds to the neck, head and arm.

 

“[He was] transported to Jacobi [Hospital], where he was pronounced deceased,” the spokesperson said. “No arrests and the investigation is ongoing.”

 

When contacted, an FDNY/EMS spokesperson said they received a call at 6.39 a.m. for a report of a male with stab wounds at East 233rd Street and White Plains Road and that one patient was transported to Jacobi Hospital and their condition and description was unknown.

 

Norwood News spoke to one woman who was working in the area on Friday who said she witnessed the stabbing and alleged the perpetrator was an older man who stabbed a younger man in the neck / back.

 

“The only thing I saw is when the youth, when the man stabbed the youth in the back, I ran,” she said.

 

Asked if she could describe the perpetrator, she said he was wearing a mask, a jacket and a hat. “I don’t know him,” she said, adding that he was dressed in black clothing.

 

The woman said she ran upstairs and called “Help! Help! Help!” She said the perpetrator ran “up the road,” gesturing generally east of White Plains Road at East 233rd Street.

 

Asked if she knew if the police had caught him, she said, “No, they didn’t catch him,” adding that they had not yet arrived at that point.

 

Norwood News also spoke to a local business owner and asked if there were usually problems in the area or if it was quiet and he said, “It’s a tough corner. “There’s a lot of activities going on here.”

 

THE CRIME SCENE is cordoned off by police at White Plains Road and East 233rd Street under the elevated train tracks of the East 233rd Street subway station in the Wakefield section of The Bronx on Friday, May 1, 2026 after a man was stabbed at the location earlier that day. Video by Síle Moloney

We asked what he meant by activities and he said, “Fighting, shouting, cursing, gangs, you name it.” Asked if he had encountered trouble in his business in the past, he said he had not, and that it was usually confined to the street.

 

We asked a couple of customers and other workers in the area if they had seen the stabbing and most said they had not and had only arrived after it happened and saw all the commotion.

 

Several police evidence markers were seen behind the cordoned off crime scene marking around 10 pieces of evidence including blood stains and what looked to be a coffee cup, while a police crime scene unit was seen parked nearby.

 

The stairway entrance to the eastern side of White Plains Road / East 233rd Street subway station entrance was also cordoned off by police at the street level and upstairs. The subway was running and the other entrance on the western side of White Plains Road was open.

 

The latest crime statistics for the 47th Precinct, where the stabbing occurred, as of April 26, are attached.

 

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, on X @NYPDTips.

 

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