Two Weeks After Co-op City Stabbings Police Make No Arrests

By Alicia Cruz
The Black Urban Times

A double stabbing that left two Co-op City teens seriously wounded was the result of a week-long dispute between a group of teenagers from section three, according to residents of the Northeast Bronx cooperative housing development.

The dispute erupted Sunday, August 15, at 4220 Hutchinson River Parkway in Section Five of Co-op City leaving an 18 and 20-year-old man stabbed, The Co-op City News reported.

Resident Gene Lopez, who had just returned home, said as soon as he entered the building, he observed two kids running then saw the wounded teens "on the floor in the back."

Lopez recalled the bloody scene saying one victim had multiple stab wounds and witnessed what he referred to as a "gang" of kids running.


"It looked like he was bleeding from multiple places. The other kid had his intestines coming out, like they twisted the knife and pulled it out. They wanted to kill him," said Lopez who added " 'Section Five,' kids have been battling, 'Valley kids,' who live on the other side of I-95, on Baychester Avenue, for more than twenty-years."

Lopez claimed he heard a woman threatening revenge in the minutes after the attack."I just hope the guys don't retaliate. This had been a quiet building."

Another tenant said his son watched the violence unfold on his television, explaining, "My son was looking at the camera in the lobby and saw a commotion and someone running."

A female tenant who claimed she knew both victims, said the stabbing was a result of teens from Section Three who had been fighting all week, The Co-op City News reported.

The 18-year old victim, an African American man and the 20-year-old Hispanic victim are both expected to recover from their injuries and are being treated at Jacobi Medical Center.

Co-op City, situated on 320 acres of land at the intersection of Interstate 95 and the Hutchinson River Parkway, has 15,372 residential units in 42 apartment building --35 of which are high rise buildings. The cooperative housing community is the largest single residential development in the United States.

Police have made no arrests and ask the anyone with information on the stabbings to call the NYPD's CRIMESTOPPERS program at 1 (800) 577-TIPS.

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