Police are currently looking for the individuals who plunged a knife into the chest of a young man who came to the aid of a neighborhood teen.
According to police, the deadly confrontation took place just before 10:30 p.m., on Friday, March 19, at East 197th Street near Webster Avenue, just blocks away from the 52nd Precinct.
Police said the victim, Orlando Salgado, 26, had come to the aid of a local teen and neighbor, who was being chased by a group of teenagers and young men when one assailant plunged a knife into Salgado’s chest.
Salgado, a construction worker and father of two children, was headed to a grocery store at the time of the attack. He was rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital where he died a short time later.
Police reported the assailant told his victim, “For saving his life (the teen), we’re going to take yours.” Bronx homicide detectives continue to investigate. It was the second murder in the 52nd Precinct this year.
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