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Illegal alien wanted by ICE identified as suspect in off-duty NYPD cop slashing attack

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Fitz-Gibbon, J., & Marino, J. (2026, October 6). Illegal alien wanted by ICE identified as suspect in off-duty NYPD cop slashing attack. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/06/us-news/illegal-alien-wanted-by-ice-identified-as-suspect-in-slashing-attack-on-off-duty-nypd-cop/

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An illegal alien wanted by ICE, Sneider Mejia, and his accomplice D’Angelo Caraballo are suspects in an attack where they slashed NYPD Detective Jose Mercedes seven times while he was off-duty near Rochambeau Avenue and East 208th Street in the Bronx on Friday. The police identified the suspects after a surveillance video captured them riding an e-bike around the crime scene; Mejia has a pending detainer from ICE, and both men have prior criminal records. Mercedes’ family called for a tougher stance from the justice system to prevent criminals from being released back onto the streets.

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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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An illegal alien wanted by the feds and his pal are being hunted in the cowardly broad-daylight Bronx slashing attack on an off-duty NYPD cop. asserted

alien → want → cop

NYPD Det. Jose Mercedes was grabbing items out of the trunk of his car at Rochambeau Avenue and East 208th Street in Norwood around 1:45 p.m. Friday when the brazen pair pulled up on an e-bike. asserted

pair → grab → bike

The thugs tried to snatch the cop’s gold chain, but Mercedes tried to fight back and was slashed seven times by the thieves, who sped off and left the detective bleeding on the sidewalk, police said. asserted

police → try → sidewalk

Mercedes, who is assigned to the 44th Precinct in the Bronx, was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center and was listed in stable condition after the broad-daylight attack, the department said. asserted

department → assign → attack

Police identified the suspects Tuesday, after launching a massive manhunt for the accused slashers. asserted

Police → identify → slashers

They were caught on surveillance video near the scene of the crime, with the driver speeding down the sidewalk and his passenger and suspected stabber sitting shirtless behind him. asserted

driver → catch → him

The accused slasher was identified as 25-year-old D’Angelo Caraballo, while the suspect behind the wheel of the bike was ID’d as Sneider Mejia, 24, an illegal alien who has a pending detainer issued by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, law enforcement sources told The Post. asserted

sources → accuse → Post

Mejia has one arrest on his rap sheet from last year, but the case has since been sealed, sources said. asserted

sources → have → year

Caraballo has two prior arrests — a menacing rap for allegedly threatening to stab a person who rented him a room in the Bronx in July and a 2025 gun possession charge for allegedly lugging a loaded .380 Taurus gun in his car, the sources said. uncertain

sources → have → car

“We want the justice system to ensure the police do their job effectively, but the courts go too easy on them, sending criminals right back out on the street,” Ricardo Mercedes, the cop’s frustrated uncle, told The Post. asserted

Mercedes → want → Post

“We want a tough stance from the justice system. asserted

We → want → system

“The police catch them, but then they’re let go — right back out on the street,” he added. asserted

he → catch → street

“That is what we want to change.” asserted

we → want → what

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch also visited the cop at the hospital. asserted

Mamdani → visit → hospital

Mercedes, who joined the force in July 2016, was the first police officer in his family, and has inspired other kin to follow suit, his uncle said. asserted

uncle → join → suit

The attack on the cop comes just weeks after a maniac chucked a glass bottle at an NYPD cop’s head at a Queens public housing complex — with the suspect locked up last month. asserted

suspect → come → complex

In May, an FDNY firefighter allegedly punched an on-duty NYPD police officer in the face while suffering a mental health crisis inside a Queens hospital this week, prosecutors and sources said. uncertain

prosecutors → punch → hospital

Earlier in the year, an unruly mob of rowdy winter warriors pummeled New York’s Finest at Washington Square Park, throwing snowballs in a chaotic scene caught on video. asserted

mob → pummel → video

Illegal alien wanted by ICE identified as suspect in off-duty NYPD cop slashing attack

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