MIDTOWN MANHATTAN (PIX11) — Police have apprehended a teenager in connection with a deadly stabbing that happened in Midtown Manhattan on May 4.
The incident happened around 11:32 p.m. in front of 132 West 43rd Street.
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Police say 39-year-old Leonides Baez of Worcester, Massachusetts, was found with stab wounds to the torso and back. Baez also suffered a slash wound to the face.
EMS transported Baez to a local hospital, where he died.
The 17-year-old suspect was arrested early Thursday morning and charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon.
No other information was provided.
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