A man was stabbed to death in broad daylight Tuesday afternoon along Third Avenue in the Melrose section of the Bronx, just steps from a playground where children were returning home on the first day public of school since winter break.<\/p>\n
Police say the attack happened shortly after 2 p.m. near Third Avenue and East 163rd Street. Graphic surveillance video shows a knife-wielding man walking behind a mother pushing a stroller before abruptly stopping at a corner, turning around and locking in on 53-year-old George Ennin.<\/p>\n
Authorities say the suspect tripped Ennin and stabbed him multiple times as he lay helpless on the sidewalk. Ennin lives just two blocks from where he was attacked.<\/p>\n
In the footage, Ennin can be seen attempting to stand after the attacker\u2014wearing a bomber jacket\u2014runs away. He then stumbles down the sidewalk, leaving a trail of blood before collapsing against a wall. Dozens of neighbors rushed to help before police arrived moments later.<\/p>\n
Officers found Ennin critically injured and rushed him to the hospital, where he later died.<\/p>\n
The stabbing occurred just across the street from Flynn\u2019s Playground, where families and students were coming and going following school dismissal.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels horrible to not feel safe in your own neighborhood,\u201d said Navil, a local mother. \u201cEspecially if I\u2019m walking with a child there in broad daylight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Navil said the attack has left her fearful for her 6-year-old daughter\u2019s safety\u2014not only near the playground, but on public transportation as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t know where you bump into something,\u201d she said. \u201cIt could be on the bus itself.\u201d<\/p>\n
Police have not announced any arrests and say the investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man was stabbed to death in broad daylight Tuesday afternoon along Third Avenue in the Melrose section…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9951,1027,32307,9,24,63,103,260,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-90800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-fatal-stabbing","tag-homicide","tag-melrose","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-stabbing","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\/90800","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=90800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}