14-Year-Old Boy Found Fatally Stabbed in the Bronx

A 14-year-old boy who was found near a Bronx building with multiple stab wounds to his chest died on Friday, the police said.

Police officers found the boy, Caleb Rios, unconscious and unresponsive near 300 East 138th Street in the Mott Haven neighborhood after responding to a 911 call around 9:30 a.m. on Friday. He lived nearby, in a building at 175 Alexander Avenue, part of a housing complex run by the New York City Housing Authority.

Emergency responders took him to Lincoln Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

No arrests have been made, but investigators are looking into whether the attack might have been related to gang activity, or a physical fight, the police said.

Caleb is at least the third teenager to have been killed in the first 10 days of 2025.

On Jan. 3, two 17-year-olds were shot in the Bronx, according to a statement from the police. One was shot in the abdomen and taken to a hospital in stable condition; the other, Andrew Mora, was shot in the chest and died.

Less than an hour after that shooting, police officers responding to a call found two people with stab wounds and a third with a laceration on his forehead in East Harlem. One of the people stabbed, a 17-year-old boy, was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.

The killings came just days after at least 10 people, including some teenagers, were shot outside a concert hall in Queens on New Year’s Day. All of the victims were expected to recover.

This is a developing story and will be updated.