HAMILTON HEIGHTS, Manhattan (PIX11) — Police arrested a 15-year-old suspect on murder charges on Sunday in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old boy in a Manhattan subway station.
The teen has not been named. He was also charged with criminal possession of a weapon. He’s accused of fatally stabbing 14-year-old Ethan Reyes on the northbound no. 1 train platform inside the 137th Street–City College station in Hamilton Heights on Saturday.
Reyes, a Yonkers resident, was stabbed in the stomach. Police recovered a knife and a broomstick at the scene of the stabbing.
The teens are believed to have fought on the street before moving into the subway station, police said. Reyes is also believed to have known his alleged attacker.
The teenage victim was remembered at a vigil on Sunday night. He had lived in Manhattan until his family moved to Yonkers a few months ago, people at the vigil said.
“He was just mad loving, that’s how I knew Ethan,” a friend who didn’t want to be identified said. “And it’s really sad because he was mad young.”
