A Corona man was fatally stabbed near the intersection of 31st Avenue and 92nd Street in East Elmhurst early Saturday morning. Photo via Google Maps
July 22, 2024 By Bill Parry
Homicide detectives out of the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights are investigating a fatal stabbing of a Corona man in East Elmhurst during the early morning hours of Saturday, July 20.
Police from the 109th Precinct in Flushing responded to New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital, at around 3 a.m., where they were informed that a 29-year-old man sustained multiple stab wounds to his body in the vicinity of 31st Avenue and 92nd Street. The victim was brought from the scene of the stabbing to the hospital in Flushing by private means and was subsequently pronounced dead, police said.
The victim was later identified as Mauricio Bravo, who lived at 56-51 Van Cleef St. near Flushing Meadows Corona Park, according to an NYPD spokeswoman, who added that there are no arrests and the investigation remains ongoing.
Anyone with information regarding this homicide investigation 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 Crime Stoppers website at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, or on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are kept confidential
Through July 14, the 115th Precinct reported one murder so far in 2024, one more than the two reported at the same point last year, an increase of 50%, according to the most recent CompStat report.
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