Police in Queens have charged a 15-year-old girl Thursday afternoon with a deadly stabbing on Wednesday night that claimed a 17-year-old girl’s life.
According to law enforcement sources, officers from the 108th Precinct responded to a 911 call of a female stabbed in the vicinity of Queens Boulevard and 46th Street in Sunnyside at approximately 9:25 p.m. on May 8.
When cops arrived, they discovered the victim — 17-year-old Sara Rivera of Jackson Heights — with a bloody gash to the neck, officials said.
EMS rushed Rivera to NYC Health and Hospitals/Elmhurst where she was pronounced dead.
Preliminary reports indicated that detectives detained the 15-year-old girl as a person of interest in connection with the incident. As of Wednesday morning, law enforcement sources did not confirm that individual’s identity, or their connection to the victim.
Following questioning, the unidentified 15-year-old girl was charged with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon.
The 108th Precinct had no homicides this year to date or last year during the same time period, according to the latest police data. Total crime year to date is down almost 6% from the same point in May 2023.
Updated on May 9 at 5:25 p.m.
