Police are investing the stabbing death of a man in Rockaway Park earlier this week.
On Wednesday, Nov. 4, around 6 p.m., police arrived to 111th Street and Rockaway Beach Boulevard to find a 19-year-old man with stab wounds to his torso and a 24-year-old man with stab wounds to his arm and shoulders, according to the NYPD.
EMS personnel transported the 19-year-old to St. John’s Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The 24-year-old was taken to Jamaica Hospital in stable condition.
Police arrested a 17-year-old boy into custody at the scene of the stabbing.
The name of the 19-year-old is being withheld pending family notification.
The investigation is ongoing.
