A teenage suspect was arrested and charged with homicide within the lethal stabbing of a person close to Barclays Middle in Brooklyn, based on police.
Noah Rentas allegedly knifed Michael Hernandez to loss of life earlier than 9 p.m. on March 14 close to Atlantic Avenue and Flatbush Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn. Legislation enforcement sources mentioned Hernandez, 27, obtained into an argument with a bunch of individuals and issues escalated, with Rentas finally pulling out a knife.
Officers responding to the scene discovered Hernandez, 27, with a number of stab wounds to his chest. He was taken to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, the place he later died.
On Tuesday, Hernandez’s mom thanked the detectives working the case, and mentioned she desires to see the others members of the group punished as properly.
“I want all the other ones that were around him that beat my son up and murdered my son to do time,” mentioned Marisol Hernandez. “Cause you were man enough to pick up a knife and stab my son to death I want you to do time.”
Along with second-degree homicide, the 18-year-old Rentas additionally faces a weapon possession cost.
Hernandez had been dwelling in a shelter for folks battling psychological sickness and drug habit, his mom instructed NBC New York. She additionally mentioned she desires to assist households who misplaced a toddler like she did, and want to see extra outreach for youngsters who get sucked into a lifetime of violence.
“He just threw his whole life away. Eighteen years old, still in high school. He could’ve become somebody. He could’ve become a doctor or a lawyer. He’s going to jail for murder,” the mom mentioned.
