A man stabbed a 14-year-old boy to death on Friday following a harrowing chase through the streets surrounding a Bronx NYCHA complex, cops and witnesses told the Daily News.
Cops were called to NYCHA’s Mitchel Houses on E. 138th St. near Alexander Ave. in Mott Haven at about 9:30 a.m. where they found a wounded Caleb Rijos.
The teen had been stabbed twice in the chest, police said.
EMS rushed the teen to Lincoln Hospital, but he could not be saved.
No arrests have been made.
The teen’s devastated father told the Daily News his family was still trying to piece together the events that led to his son’s senseless murder.
“He was a wonderful boy. He was caring and loving. It’s hard right now,” said Jacob Rijos, 52.
“We’re discussing the next steps. The police are still doing their investigation. We don’t really know what happened.”
Surveillance footage viewed by the Daily News shows the teen sprinting north on Lincoln Ave. past a Gasolina station before darting east along E. 138th St., his attacker hot on his heels.
A worker at the Gasolina station who is a friend of the victim’s family told The News that Caleb called his father moments after the stabbing.
“He called his father saying, ‘Dad I can’t breathe,'” said the friend, who asked that his name be withheld. “He was running and the other guy got him.”
The family friend spoke highly of the victim, saying the teen didn’t deserve to die in the streets.
“It’s crazy. It doesn’t make sense,” he said. “He was a good kid. He always dressed nice. He wasn’t a street kid.”
