Lesandro Guzman-Feliz murder: 15-year-old boy brutally hacked to death on Bronx streets in a case of mistaken identity
A 15-year old boy from the Bronx, New York was brutally stabbed to death when gang members mistook him for a man who featured in a sex tape.
Police believe the attackers mistook Lesandro Guzman-Feliz, 15 for a man who appeared in an online sex tape with a relative of one of the culprits.
Mr Guzman-Feliz was dragged from a bodega on East 183rd and Bathgate Avenue in Tremont on June 20 at 11.40 pm and was repeatedly stabbed by multiple men with knives.
Police said Mr Guzman-Feliz was also stabbed in the neck with a machete during the horrific attack.
WANTED: Help us ID the males in this video in connection with the stabbing death of a 15-year-old male which occurred on E.183St in the #Bronx at 11:40pm on Wednesday, June 20. ☎️ #800577TIPS pic.twitter.com/z2SXzhNS1Z
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) June 22, 2018
Following the fatal stabbing Mr Guzman-Feliz attempted to run to St Barnabas Hospital to seek treatment, but died from his injuries before he got there.
Police are currently searching for six people involved in the attack who drove away from the scene in separate cars.
According to the victim’s mother her son had left the house to loan a friend some money.
She described her son as a “good kid with a good heart.”
A GoFundMe set up to raise funds for funeral expenses has already raised £55,000 ($73,000).
The murder has drawn widespread attention, an NYPD Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea has vowed to catch the killers.
In the Bronx on 6/20, 15-yr-old Junior Guzman-Feliz was fatally stabbed by the men in the photo (on right). He was never going to give up on his dream of being an NYPD detective & WE’LL NEVER GIVE UP ON HIM. Help us get #JusticeForJunior You can anonymously call 800-577-TIPS. pic.twitter.com/0gVAMfmC7f
— Chief Dermot F. Shea (@NYPDDetectives) June 23, 2018
Writing on twitter he said: “We’ll never give up on him.”