Police in Queens searched for a stabbing suspect Saturday night after a man was killed outside a bar near Jamaica Ave. and 175th St. Investigators identified the victim as Sulimon Ferrier, 29.

His father, Peter Ferrier, said he was with his son when the stabbing happened outside the bar, called “Seduction.”

Stabbing victim Sulimon Ferrier (Image obtained by NBC New York)

Ferrier said he and his son were walking back home across the street from the bar.

“When we crossed the road, this guy comes and stabbed him and they fell on the ground,” Ferrier said.

He said the suspect had been arguing with another person outside the bar before turning violent.

“He had already stabbed him, over here,” the father said, pointing his own chest, “but he was stabbed in his back. I think that is what killed him.”

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The confrontation happened just before 1:00 a.m. Saturday morning.

The younger Ferrier was remembered by family and friends as someone who was playful and close with his family.

“He’s a very jolly kid, he’s 29, but he would come and joke around, he would come hug his mom,” Ferrier told NBC New York. “Oh, man I don’t know how my wife will take this.”

NBC New York was told Ferrier ran into a restaurant after he was stabbed. His father said the victim collapsed “and he told his mom he can’t breathe.”

A friend, Raymond Khan, described the moments after the stabbing. “He was screaming, he was screaming ‘I’m hurt,’ he was grasping for breath.”

Ferrier was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

“He was a very good kid, he never got himself in no trouble,” said Khan.

Another friend, Leon Barker, said Ferrier left behind four children.

“So nice,” is how Barker described him, as he struggled to comprehend the tragedy. “I don’t know, man.”

A neighbor, Mohamed Shafeer, called the killing a devastating loss. “This is a tragedy, to be honest, and hopefully it becomes (safer) to be around (the area),” Shafeer said.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.

This story was originally reported for broadcast by NBC New York. AI tools helped convert the story to a digital article, and an NBC New York journalist edited the article for publication.