{"id":295778,"date":"2026-07-14T19:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T19:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/295778\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T19:20:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T19:20:00","slug":"news-12-bronx-bronx-father-fatally-stabbed-after-street-fight-family-pleads-for-justice-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/295778\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Bronx | Bronx Father Fatally Stabbed After Street Fight Family Pleads For Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Police are searching for the people responsible for the fatal stabbing of a Bronx father after a violent confrontation that was captured on disturbing video.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The victim, identified by family members as 46-year-old Leonardo Sanchez, was killed after an argument escalated into a street fight in the Bronx. The graphic video, which has been circulating on social media, shows the moments leading up to the deadly attack.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The footage appears to show Sanchez, dressed in black, running down the street while involved in a fight with three other men. Several people can be seen carrying bats and clubs as bystanders run through the area. Others are seen attempting to break up the confrontation.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">After the altercation appeared to calm down, Sanchez walked away and got into a parked car. According to the video, a man wearing a black baseball cap and a white tank top then approached the vehicle, opened the door, and lunged inside toward Sanchez.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">RELATED: <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.news12.com\/46-year-old-man-stabbed-to-death-in-fordham-heights\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">46-year-old man stabbed to death in Fordham Heights<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Moments later, Sanchez is seen stumbling out of the vehicle, bleeding heavily before collapsing on the street.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">According to police, Sanchez had been arguing with a group of people before he was stabbed multiple times. He was rushed to Saint Barnabas Hospital, where he later died from his injuries.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Witnesses told authorities that the group involved fled the scene in a vehicle after the attack. Video obtained by News 12 appears to show a car speeding away shortly afterward. No arrests have been made.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">For Sanchez&#8217;s family, the loss has been devastating. Jennifer, the victim&#8217;s cousin, said she first came across the video online and had no idea the man in the footage was her relative.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">&#8220;He was a lovely person&#8230;very friendly, very polite. He would help anybody,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Jennifer said it was only minutes later that her father called to tell her that Leonardo had been killed.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">&#8220;When I found out it was him&#8230;it really shocked me. He didn&#8217;t deserve that,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">She said Sanchez leaves behind a heartbroken family who are now preparing for his funeral.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The NYPD has not released an official suspect description but says detectives are searching for multiple people believed to be connected to the deadly attack.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Anyone who recognizes the individuals seen in the video or has information about the case is urged to contact the NYPD&#8217;s 46th Precinct or Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are searching for the people responsible for the fatal stabbing of a Bronx father after a violent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-295778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}