Death This AM on Flatbush: UPDATED
The 70th Precinct is investigating the death of a man who was stabbed on Flatbush Ave. by Beverley Rd. early this morning, according to the NYPD. After receiving a 911 call at 3:57am, police responded to to 1062 Flatbush Ave., where they found a hispanic man in his 20s bleeding badly from his arm. He was pronounced DOA at Kings County Hospital at 4:30am.
UPDATE: NY Post identified the victim as Miguel Jimenez of Flatbush, and reports that
Miguel Jiminez and a pal were thrown out of the La Cabana Rodriguez restaurant on Flatbush Avenue near Beverley Road shortly before 4 a.m. when they got into a clash over the bill, said police sources.
Jiminez and the pal got into a fight on the sidewalk outside the Flatbush eatery, and he can be seen on surveillance video pulling out a machete, sources said.
But Jimenez dropped the weapon when he and his friend decided to fight with their fists, witnesses told cops.
Outside the view of surveillance video, Jiminez fell onto a sidewalk littered with broken bottles and slashed his right bicep open.
Our thoughts are with his family and friends.