{"id":363950,"date":"2026-10-04T02:16:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T02:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/363950\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T02:16:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T02:16:17","slug":"father-watches-son-stabbed-to-death-outside-jamaica-ave-bar-in-queens-nbc-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/363950\/","title":{"rendered":"Father watches son stabbed to death outside Jamaica Ave. bar in Queens \u2013 NBC New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>His father, Peter Ferrier, said he was with his son when the stabbing happened outside the bar, called \u201cSeduction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Jamaica-QNS-stabbing-2-1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Stabbing victim Sulimon Ferrier (Image obtained by NBC New York)<\/p>\n<p>Ferrier said he and his son were walking back home across the street from the bar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we crossed the road, this guy comes and stabbed him and they fell on the ground,\u201d Ferrier said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the suspect had been arguing with another person outside the bar before turning violent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had already stabbed him, over here,&#8221; the father said, pointing his own chest, &#8220;but he was stabbed in his back. I think that is what killed him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Jamaica-QNS-stabbing-3.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image: NBC New York)<\/p>\n<p>The confrontation happened just before 1:00 a.m. Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The younger Ferrier was remembered by family and friends as someone who was playful and close with his family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a very jolly kid, he\u2019s 29, but he would come and joke around, he would come hug his mom,&#8221; Ferrier told NBC New York.  &#8220;Oh, man I don\u2019t know how my wife will take this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NBC New York was told Ferrier ran into a restaurant after he was stabbed.  His father said the victim collapsed &#8220;and he told his mom he can\u2019t breathe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A friend, Raymond Khan, described the moments after the stabbing.  \u201cHe was screaming, he was screaming &#8216;I\u2019m hurt,&#8217; he was grasping for breath.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ferrier was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a very good kid, he never got himself in no trouble,\u201d said Khan.<\/p>\n<p>Another friend, Leon Barker, said Ferrier left behind four children.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So nice,&#8221; is how Barker described him, as he struggled to comprehend the tragedy.  &#8220;I don\u2019t know, man.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A neighbor, Mohamed Shafeer, called the killing a devastating loss.  \u201cThis is a tragedy, to be honest, and hopefully it becomes (safer) to be around (the area),\u201d Shafeer said.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police in Queens searched for a stabbing suspect Saturday night after a man was killed outside a bar&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-363950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363950","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=363950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}