Police arrested an 11th person in connection with the fatal gang-related stabbing of 15-year-old Lesandro Guzman-Feliz, who turned himself in Friday morning, according to the NYPD.
Danilo Payamps Pacheco, 21, of the Bronx, was charged with murder, manslaughter, gang assault and criminal possession of a weapon, NYPD said. Police said he may be the same person cops released photos of on Wednesday, when police described a suspect as a 21- to 23-year-old who fled the scene of the attack in a white four-door sedan on June 20.
Police are also looking for another car seen fleeing north of Bathgate Avenue, believed to be a dark-colored late 1990’s or early 2000’s model four-door Acura TL with damage to the rear passenger’s side door.
Guzman-Feliz, known as “Junior,” was fatally stabbed in the neck after being dragged from a bodega in the Belmont section of the Bronx in a case of mistaken identity. He was able to run to a nearby hospital, but collapsed and did not survive.
Earlier this week, Diego Suero, 29, who police said is a suspected member of the Dominican gang Trinitarios, and Gabriel Ramirez Concepcion, 26, of the Bronx, were arrested and charged with murder, manslaughter, gang assault and criminal possession of a weapon, according to the NYPD. Suero was also charged with conspiracy.
Eight other men — Kevin Alvarez, 19, of the Bronx; Elvin Garcia, 23, of Manhattan; Joniki Martinez, 24, of Freeport, Long Island; Jose Muniz, 21, of Paterson, New Jersey; Antonio Hernandez-Santiago, 24, of the Bronx; Danel Fernandez, 21, of the Bronx; Manuel Rivera, 18, of the Bronx; and Jose Taverez, 21, of the Bronx — also have been arrested and charged with varying offenses.
