NYC Subway stabbing: Teen in custody after 14-year-old killed

Teen arrested after stabbing death of 14-year-old in Harlem

The NYPD has confirmed to FOX 5 NY that a 15-year-old boy is in custody and facing charges including murder after the stabbing death of 14-year-old Ethan Reyes in Hamilton Heights on Saturday.

NEW YORK - The NYPD says a teenage boy has been arrested and charged after a 14-year-old boy was stabbed and killed inside a subway station in Manhattan on Saturday afternoon.

The 15-year-old suspect was charged early Sunday with murder and criminal possession with a weapon, in connection with the killing of Ethan Reyes of Yonkers.

Authorities say that at around 3 p.m. police responded to reports of a crime in progress inside the 137th Street/City College subway station in Hamilton Heights.

When officers arrived on the scene, they discovered Reyes on the northbound 1 train platform with a stab wound to the abdomen.

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Reyes was rushed to Mount Sinai St. Luke's, where he was pronounced dead.

The suspect's name has not been released.

The motive behind the attack remains under investigation, but officers say it was not a random attack.

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