Brooklyn homicide detectives are working to find the suspect who stabbed a man dead near the Barclays Center on Friday night.
Law enforcement sources said the bloodshed occurred near the corner of Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues in Park Slope at about 9:01 p.m. on March 14.
Officers from the 78th Precinct, in responding to a 911 call about the incident, found the victim —Michael Hernandez, 27, of Blake Avenue in Brooklyn — stabbed multiple times in the abdomen.
EMS rushed Hernandez to NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.
So far, no arrests have been made in the ongoing investigation, police said.
Anyone with information regarding the homicide can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, or on X (formerly Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are kept confidential.
Through March 9, the 78th Precinct had not recorded a single murder this year, according to the most recent CompStat report.
