A 17-Year-Old Is Responsible For Chinatown Stabbing

Bellvue Hospital where victim Nelson Rafael Pena was taken after being brutally attacked

The police have arrested a 17-year-old for the fatal stabbing that occurred in Chintatown two weeks ago.

The 17-year-old suspect, Victor Fong, was charged with second-degree murder after showing up at the Fifth Precinct station on Monday to surrender, with his lawyer.

The victim of the stabbing was 18-year-old Nelson Rafael Pena, who was coming home from work at the Local Foot Locker on November 18, when he was attacked by Fong, and brutally stabbed in the leg and chest. Pena’s friend, who was with them at the time, was also reportedly stabbed in the neck, but survived.

Investigators say the assault was not …continue reading