{"id":331322,"date":"2026-08-27T21:06:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T21:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/331322\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T21:06:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T21:06:49","slug":"news-12-bronx-arrest-made-in-morris-heights-stabbing-that-left-one-man-dead-another-wounded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/331322\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Bronx | Arrest Made In Morris Heights Stabbing That Left One Man Dead Another Wounded"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">An arrest was made in connection to a stabbing in Morris Heights that left one man dead and another wounded, police say.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Jeffrey Jorge, 27, of Brooklyn was taken into custody on Thursday afternoon &#8211; less than 24 hours after he allegedly carried out <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/bronx.news12.com\/man-stabbed-to-death-another-wounded-during-brazen-attack-in-morris-heights\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the brazen attack<\/a> that killed 32-year-old Rashaun Shettlewood, of the Bronx.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Shettlewood was killed about a half mile from his home, according to police.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The NYPD says his alleged attacker, Jorge, now faces a slew of charges, including murder.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">According to police sources, this is not Jorges&#8217; first run in with the law. They say he has been arrested at least 13 other times. His most recent charges were in 2022 and includes criminal possession of a weapon and assault causing serious injury.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The stabbing &#8211; which was captured on surveillance video &#8211; happened just after 3:30 p.m. Wednesday underneath scaffolding near Davidson and West Tremont avenues.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Shettlewood suffered a stab wound to the chest, and the second victim was stabbed multiple times in the torso.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Paramedics rushed both men to St. Barnabas, where Shettlewood died.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The 33-year-old victim is expected to recover, according to police.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Police sources tell News 12 that they do not believe the two men knew their attacker. They say an argument preceded the stabbing.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Jorge is also charged with attempted murder, manslaughter, assault and criminal possession of a weapon.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The motive behind the deadly attack was not immediately known.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An arrest was made in connection to a stabbing in Morris Heights that left one man dead and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-331322","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\/331322","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=331322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}