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# Suspect in Stabbing Arrested
- URL: https://bklyner.com/suspect-in-stabbing-arrested-sheepshead-bay/
- Published: 2009-07-18T16:04:40.000Z
- Updated: 2009-07-18T16:04:40.000Z
- Author: Ned Berke
- Tags: juan reyes, miguel saavedra, police dept, #API-Imported

Juan Reyes, of Avenue U, has been arrested and charged with murder of a 13-year-old boy with a screwdriver. We first told you about [the shocking incident on Thursday](/blog1.php/crime/fatal-stabbing-on-e-15th-and-ave-x), and it’s good to see it has come to an end.

The murder happened Wednesday night on East 15th street and Avenue X following a dispute at a local park. The arrest was made Thursday. NY Times has a [rather grisly account](http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/nyregion/18kid.html?%5Fr=1&ref=bklyner.com) of events:

> Mr. Reyes and two of his friends had argued with Miguel at a park earlier Wednesday, the police said. Mr. Reyes and Miguel, who both lived nearby, had also argued two days earlier, the police said; they did not indicate the nature of the dispute.

> As Miguel left the park Wednesday with a friend, they walked up East 15th Street toward Miguel’s house, looking back over their shoulders, said Gail Hooks, 56, a neighbor who witnessed the attack.

> A stocky, bare-chested man on a bicycle began chasing the boys, shouting angrily in Spanish, Ms. Hooks said. He skidded to a stop, blocking their path, and leaped off his bicycle. He grabbed Miguel’s white T-shirt and began to pummel his back, she said.

> Ms. Hooks and her companion, Vernon Wade, 61, said they initially thought that the bicyclist was punching Miguel. By the time Mr. Wade realized there was a long screwdriver in the attacker’s hand, he said, it was too late.

> “It just happened so fast,” Mr. Wade said. “We thought it was just kids fighting. We got ready to holler, and then it was over.”

> The attacker jumped on his bike and headed back toward the park, and blood became visible on Miguel’s shirt.

> “The last thing he shouted was, ‘What are you going to do now?’ ” Mr. Wade said of the attacker.

> Mauricio Bermudez, 39, stepped out of his house just as the attacker fled. He rushed to Miguel, pulling out his cellphone to call the police.

> “No police, no police,” Miguel said to him. “They were chasing us. They stabbed me. I have to go.”

> Miguel walked half a block before he collapsed and was taken to the hospital.