On Friday, January 10, 2025, at approximately 0933 hours, police responded to  NYC Health + Hospitals / Lincoln, located at 234 E. 149th Street, Bronx, NY 10451, for a 14-year-old male with stab wounds in critical condition.

Officers arrived at the hospital and were informed by hospital staff that the victim had sustained multiple stab wounds to the chest and was pronounced deceased.

Upon further investigation, it was determined that the incident occurred in front of 300 E. 138th Street, within the confines of the 40th Precinct in the Bronx.

Following proper family notification, the deceased has been identified as follows.

Victim:

Caleb Rijos
address withheld
Bronx, NY 10454

There have been no arrests made and the investigation remains ongoing.

Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to call the NYPD‘s Crime Stoppers hotline at 1–800–577–TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1–888–57–PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers‘ website or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

All tips will be kept strictly confidential.

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