NEW YORK, NY – A 51-year-old Bronx man was stabbed and killed shortly before noon on Wednesday. Police responded to the area of 680 Tinton Avenue at around 11:40 am after receiving a 911 call regarding an assault in front of the building.
When police arrived, they located 51-year-old Derrick Hamlin, of East 156th Street, with a stab wound to his neck. He was unconscious and unresponsive.
Hamlin was rushed to NYC & Health & Hospitals/Lincoln where he was later pronounced deceased.
Detectives with the 40th Precinct investigating the attack have not made any arrests or identified any suspects.
Anyone with information in regard 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 CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.