A teenage suspect was arrested and charged with homicide within the lethal stabbing of a person close to Barclays Middle in Brooklyn, in keeping with 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, acquired into an argument with a bunch of individuals and issues escalated, with Rentas ultimately 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 effectively.
“I need all the opposite ones that have been round him that beat my son up and murdered my son to do time,” mentioned Marisol Hernandez. “Trigger you have been man sufficient to select up a knife and stab my son to loss of life I need 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 combating psychological sickness and drug habit, his mom instructed NBC New York. She additionally mentioned she desires to assist households who misplaced a baby like she did, and wish to see extra outreach for youngsters who get sucked into a lifetime of violence.
“He simply threw his complete life away. Eighteen years previous, nonetheless in highschool. He might’ve turn into someone. He might’ve turn into a physician or a lawyer. He’s going to jail for homicide,” the mom mentioned.
