Bronx fatal stabbing: Suspect arrested after dispute over parking spot

NEW YORK - A suspect has been arrested in the deadly stabbing of a 19-year-old in the Bronx after an apparent dispute over a parking spot, the NYPD said.

According to police, Vladimir Lopez German, 45, is facing murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of weapon charges.

Employees at a nearby Morris Heights grocery were left absorbing the shock Thursday and cleaning the pavement near their bodega on Featherbed Lane where the teen took his last breath. 

"When the kid came in bleeding. I called 911. He was bleeding a lot. I told them, ‘put him down,’ because he was going to fall. As soon as said that, he – We held the blood. I think he passed right there," said Wendy Reinosa, an employee at the store. 

She knew both of the men at the center of the NYPD’s investigation into the deadly stabbing.

Officers were called to Inwood Avenue and Featherbed Lane just before 8:30 a.m., where they found 19-year-old Dominic Aguliera stabbed in his chest.

"The kid was very quiet. Both of them were very peaceful. I don’t know what happened, honestly. You lose your patience and kill somebody over a parking space," Reinosa said.

Witnesses said Aguliera, before the stabbing, was asked to move his car, triggering some type of fight between him and an individual he knew, sources told FOX 5 NY.

EMS transported Aguliera to NYC Health and Hospitals/Lincoln, but he was pronounced dead.

"People come. They double-park, [blocking] other people, and people get mad, and that’s what happened," Reinosa added.

Cars double-parking outside of her business has been an ongoing issue, and she said she's told authorities about the issue time and time again.

Now, the problem has its way from a mere inconvenience to a threat to safety. Reniosa said but no one would listen. 

"I’m worried. I [called] many times. I call, and now it’s impossible to get through because you have to do it online. I come into work in the morning, and I can’t park because people are double-parked," she said. 

Reinosa’s husband, who also works at the store, said he sees fights near daily.

"People fighting because they block the other going to work, and they don’t have no plates," he said. "You see the cars right now. They don’t have no plates."

FOX 5 NY's Michael Stallone contributed to this report.