13th suspect arrested in machete stabbing death of Bronx teen

<p>A 13th person has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a New York teen to death with a machete in the Bronx.</p>

News 12 Staff

Aug 27, 2018, 10:30 AM

Updated 2,093 days ago

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A 13th person has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a New York teen to death with a machete in the Bronx.
Police arrested Ronald Urena Sunday night and charged him with murder, manslaughter, and gang assault for the murder of 15-year-old Lesandro Guzman-Feliz, who was known as Junior.
As News 12 has reported, Junior was slashed in the neck with a machete outside a Bronx bodega by alleged gang members.
One of the suspects is from Freeport.
According to officials, they believe Guzman-Feliz was wrongfully targeted and that the men were looking for someone else.
Guzman-Feliz was a member of the NYPD Explorers youth program.
Family members say he wanted to be a police detective.
The suspects are allegedly members of the Trinitarios street gang.


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