WOODHAVEN, Queens (WABC) — The NYPD is looking for two suspects after a teenage boy was slashed in the neck and killed at 85th Avenue and 76th Street in Woodhaven, Queens on Friday afternoon.
The attack was caught on surveillance video.
Police are now identifying the victim as 17-year-old Josue Argudo, a Woodhaven resident.
New images released by the NYPD show two young men wanted in connection with the slashing. Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying their suspects.
NYC Councilmember Joann Ariola posted on social media that there may have been an altercation at a nearby pizzeria that led to a fight.
Argudo initially tried to run from his attacker, but was unable to get away.
He and his assailant continued to exchange words, apparently after he had been wounded.
Minutes later, Argudo was compelled to sit down on a neighbor’s front wall and witness Sean K. found him slumped over.
“Everyone was giving him CPR. Our neighbor. And there was blood all over his shirt. And unfortunately, he looked unresponsive,” witness Sean K. said.
Argudo was taken to Jamaica Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
“Seeing the victim on the floor — it was heartbreaking. It was very sad,” Sean K. said.
“It brought tears to my eyes. I felt bad because his sister, and it seemed two people, were crying and holding him. It was a very emotional scene,” another eyewitness said.
Police are looking for two suspects after a 17-year-old boy was slashed in the neck and killed in Woodhaven, Queens.
Neighbors were heartbroken after hearing what had happened.
“It makes you think, you know? Could be your kid one day getting in trouble, some way, somehow. Bad kids. Bad people following your son. I was upset,” Woodhaven resident Isidro Mejia said.
The suspect seen on surveillance video was wearing all black and was covered up from head to toe.
Police said some sharp object was used to slash the boy.
“How horrible it is — I’ve lived here since 1989. I’ve seen lots of things happen on this block. Anything like this has never happened before,” Sean K. said.
The relationship between the suspect on video and Argudo is unclear.
There are no arrests, and the investigation remains ongoing.
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