Bronx Teen Stabbed In The Back

BRONX A 19-year-old student was attacked in front of an NYPD mobile command post on Fordham Road this morning. He was headed to school in the Fordham section of the Bronx when he was stabbed in the back, police said.

“There was a lot of blood,” said Livery Cab Driver Nelson Soto. He added that the teen begged him for help. "He asked me to take him to the hospital, but there was too much blood," he said.
The Dewitt Clinton High School student lay bleeding on the trunk of the livery cab until paramedics arrived. At noon, the boy reportedly was in critical condition at St. Barnabas Hospital. Police are interviewing him.
NYPD surveillance cameras ring the square, known as Bryan Park, and were designed to act as a crime deterrent. But residents said the cameras are pointing in the wrong direction, forcing police to rely on eyewitnesses.

One witness said that he saw a group of teens running away from the scene -- three boys and a girl. But the motive for the stabbing remains unclear. "It's just a shame," Soto said.

Source: CBS News