Crime & Safety

Man Stabbed to Death at Corner of Lewis Avenue

37-year-old man killed in Bed-Stuy Saturday morning.

A man was found dead with two stab wounds at the corner of Lewis Avenue and Hart Street early Saturday morning at 1:10 a.m.

Police responded to a 911 call of a person stabbed at the corner of Lewis Hart found a 37 year-old male, unconscious and unresponsive, with two stab wounds to his back. EMS responded to the location and transported the victim to Woodhull Hospital where he was pronounced DOA. 

After notification to his family, the man was identified as Marcus Cherry of Marcus Garvey Boulevard in Bed-Stuy.

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There are currently no arrests and the investigation is ongoing.


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