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Off-duty NYPD cop stabbed in the neck and leg during brazen NYC robbery

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Moore, T., Woods, A., & Marino, J. (2026, October 2). Off-duty NYPD cop stabbed in the neck and leg during brazen NYC robbery. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/02/us-news/off-duty-nypd-cop-stabbed-in-neck-leg-during-nyc-robbery/

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-02 · by Tina Moore, Amanda Woods, Joe Marino

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An off-duty NYPD detective was severely injured when he was attacked by two men on e-bikes near East 206th Street and Rochambeau Avenue in the Bronx at approximately 1:40 p.m. Friday. The attackers stabbed the detective in his neck and leg before fleeing without disclosing whether any possessions were taken. The detective, who has been with the NYPD since July 2016, is expected to survive following hospitalization at Jacobi Medical Center.
Written by AI on 2026-10-04, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Story summary

On Friday afternoon at around 1:45 p.m., an off-duty NYPD Detective Jose Mercedes, a 10-year veteran assigned to the 44th Precinct, was brutally attacked while clearing out his car trunk on Rochambeau Avenue and East 208th Street in Norwood, Bronx. The suspects, two men believed to be Hispanic from the Dominican Republic named Sneider Mejia (24) and D'Angelo Caraballo (25), approached him on an e-bike and tried to steal his gold chain. During the attack, the duo stabbed Mercedes seven times in the neck and leg before fleeing. He was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries but stable condition.

Despite a massive manhunt, Mejia and Caraballo, who were identified as illegal immigrants wanted by ICE, evaded capture until they were found hiding in a basement in Lynn, Massachusetts. They will face attempted murder charges once returned to New York City.

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📰 Off-duty NYPD Cop Stabbing Attack
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Who wrote this

Tina Moore
32 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 “I didn’t feel like there was anyone I could go to,” the mother of an 8-year-old son told The Post in an exclusive interview.
🔮 “They probably couldn’t understand what she was saying.”
🔮 He then asked her if she’d been to church lately while moving closer and telling her he couldn’t hear her over the wind.
🔮 “Bel and I would often discuss how women who suffered violence would rarely have a voice.
🔮 Photos of other domestic violence victims, including Lovay Williams, stood nearby.
🔮 “He’s a menace to society,” one shaken resident said of Belgal — who Mayor Zohran Mamdani outrageously called a “New Yorker” whose he tried to negotiate as he railed against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
🔮 D’Angelo Caraballo, 25, and Sneider Mejia, 24, both from the Dominican Republic, were found by the US Marshals Service hiding in a basement of a home in Lynn and taken into custody overnight, according to the NYPD. They will be brought back to New York City to face attempted murder charges, the department said.
🔮 “He ran toward the danger and stopped the terrorist with a perfectly executed tackle, one that any NFL coach would be proud of.”
🔮 He would come hug up his mom.
🔮 The men wanted for brutally stabbing and slashing an off-duty NYPD detective seven times during a Bronx robbery could be seen making their getaway in new surveillance footage released by police Saturday.
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Amanda Woods
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🔮 “From just their dynamic and how you would experience it in person, you just felt that love in the air,” one relative said.
🔮 Chanel — who is 10 years old and “very playful but not with anyone” — initially wouldn’t go with the cold-heated duo when they double-parked outside the 130th Street and 14th Avenue residence and beckoned to her, Lopez said.
🔮 The man – who sources said may be nonverbal – was pronounced dead on scene by EMS workers, cops said.
🔮 But without their tireless work, the story of your sacrifice, your dedication, the challenges you face and your professionalism will never be topped.” The DEA is one of the largest unions representing NYPD officers and brass, with the Police Benevolent Association representing the most members of the department.
🔮 Although he was instructed to return to the hospital this week, he has been left in the dark about whether that surgery will even happen.
🔮 The victim, 27, was riding a northbound No. 2 train passing through the 225th Street station in Williamsbridge around 9:10 a.m. when an attacker sliced him with the blade, police said.
🔮 None of that stopped Mayor Zohran Mamdani from referring to Belgal as “a New Yorker” in a raging tribute Thursday against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement — a label some Bronx locals took offense to.
🔮 “His legacy will forever shape our University and the lives of future Falcons.”
🔮 Both suspects – identified by the feds as illegal migrants from the Dominican Republic – were found by the US Marshals Service hiding in a basement of a home in Lynn, Massachusetts and taken into custody overnight, the NYPD said Wednesday. They will be brought back to New York City to face attempted murder charges, the department said.
🔮 He was rushed to Weill Cornell Medical Center, but could not be saved.
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Joe Marino
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🔮 Guerrero said she immediately went to school so she wouldn’t “be involved.”
🔮 “They probably couldn’t understand what she was saying.”
🔮 The city’s medical examiner will determine his cause of death.
🔮 “From just their dynamic and how you would experience it in person, you just felt that love in the air,” one relative said.
🔮 Chanel — who is 10 years old and “very playful but not with anyone” — initially wouldn’t go with the cold-heated duo when they double-parked outside the 130th Street and 14th Avenue residence and beckoned to her, Lopez said.
🔮 She did not discuss her purchase of the murder weapon but said, “If I could have prevented this, I would have.”
🔮 Local officials are expected to hold another press conference with additional details around 8:30 p.m. EST.
🔮 Police have not identified her as a suspect, but are investigating whether she may have been involved.
🔮 None of that stopped Mayor Zohran Mamdani from referring to Belgal as “a New Yorker” in a raging tribute Thursday against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement — a label some Bronx locals took offense to.
🔮 Jacob Freytes’ mother, meanwhile, ripped New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s calls for ICE to “be abolished” after the bloody run-in with Belgal this week — which sparked rowdy anti-ICE protests across the Big Apple.
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Topics

Bronx FDNY Jacobi Medical Center NYPD Norwood

Subjects

NYPD ORG · 2× Bronx GPE · 1× FDNY ORG · 1× Hispanic NORP · 1× Jacobi Medical Center ORG · 1× Norwood GPE · 1×

Narrative

The detective was ambushed when the e-bike-riding duo approached him around 1:40 p.m. at East 206th Street and Rochambeau Avenue in Norwood, the sources said.
framing: mixed · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-04
🔮 He was knifed in his neck and the leg, and rushed to Jacobi Medical Center, where he is expected to survive, according to sources and the FDNY. Two male suspects, believed to be Hispanic, quickly took off on their e-bikes, the sources said. It was not immediately clear what, if anything, was stolen, according to the sources.

Claims (4 extracted, 1 hedged)

An off-duty NYPD detective was brutally stabbed and slashed during a brazen robbery in the Bronx Friday afternoon, law enforcement sources said. asserted
sources → stab → Bronx
The detective was ambushed when the e-bike-riding duo approached him around 1:40 p.m. at East 206th Street and Rochambeau Avenue in Norwood, the sources said. asserted
sources → ambush → Norwood
He was knifed in his neck and the leg, and rushed to Jacobi Medical Center, where he is expected to survive, according to sources and the FDNY. Two male suspects, believed to be Hispanic, quickly took off on their e-bikes, the sources said. It was not immediately clear what, if anything, was stolen, according to the sources. uncertain
what → knife → sources
The detective — assigned to the 44th Precinct — joined the NYPD in July 2016, the sources said. asserted
sources → assign → July
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