Police need help identifying several young men wanted for allegedly stabbing a 14-year-old boy, in a case police say is linked to the death of 15-year-old Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz. 

Police received a call on June 18 at 5:30 p.m. from the Bronx River Parkway near the East Gun Hill Road exit in Norwood where the victim was stabbed multiple times. Police say the beef between the 14-year-old victim, whose name was not released, and the gang began at French Charley’s Park. The fight started over a girl, according to a police source. 

In a 17-second cell phone video obtained by police, over a dozen men, some shirtless, can be seen beating and stabbing the boy with sticks and knives before taking off. Some men were seen carrying machetes.

Officers found the victim unresponsive and unconscious before he was taken to Jacobi Medical Center, where he is in critical condition.

In a news conference on June 26, police say one of the suspects is a member of the Trinitarios gang, the same gang that’s alleged to killed 15-year-old Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz. Police say one of the Trinitarios suspects was among those alleged to have killed Guzman-Feliz. The gang-style stabbing in Norwood mirrored Lesandro’s murder.

His stabbing comes just two days before Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz was brutally stabbed to death outside a bodega by a group of men who police suspect to be part of the Trinitarios.

Since 2017, the 52nd Precinct has seen a 50 percent increase in murders and a 10.6 percent increase in felony assaults, according to police records.

One of the suspects, 21-year-old Paulino Ramon, was arrested and charged for attempted murder, assault, and gang assault.

Anyone with information on the other men is asked to call Crime Stoppers 800-577-TIPS.

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