STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The NYPD identified Syles Ular of Clifton as the 13-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed with a knife in a dispute that began on an MTA bus in Eltingville on Friday afternoon.
A 14-year-old boy has been charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the horrific slaying that occurred on Friday on Hylan Boulevard between Littlefield Avenue and Groton Street, according to a statement from the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Public Information.
Officers responded at about 2:23 p.m. to the scene where they saw Ular suffering from multiple stab wounds and transported him to Staten Island University Hospital in Prince’s Bay where he was pronounced dead, according to the police statement.
The fatal encounter began with an altercation between Ular and the 14-year-old suspect on a MTA bus, police officials said at a press briefing held Friday evening at One Police Plaza, Manhattan.
Witness accounts indicated that gang signs were displayed, leading police to believe the violence could have been gang-related, according to officials.
The 13-year-old was stabbed in the chest, police stated. It was not immediately clear if the deadly assault occurred on or off the bus, but witnesses saw Ular’s motionless body lying on the street in front of the bus as emergency responders rushed to the scene.
Police said the suspect ran about three blocks before witnesses — a “Good Samaritan” described as a retired sergeant for the NYPD, an off-duty New York State Department of Environmental Conservation worker, and a third bystander — apprehended him.
“Three independent people were on-scene helping,” said John M. Chell, NYPD’s Chief of Patrol.
“The retired sergeant started to follow the male who did the stabbing. At this time, another witness points him out as the one who just stabbed somebody and the sergeant affects the arrest,” Chell said. “Again, tragic, tragic homicide. We believe this motive is…
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