NY - Angel Mendoza, 14, stabbed to death by mob at Bronx playground, 5 Aug 2025 *4 teens arrested, gang assault*

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“What can I tell you? We’re distraught,” Angel Mendoza’s father said.

Mendoza was beaten over the head with a skateboard and then stabbed to death.

His family said he was a “quiet kid” who did not ebother anyone.

Mendoza was confronted by an angry mob of over a dozen young people last night in Williamsbridge Oval Playground.

The spot where he was sitting is now marked by candles.

“They stood him up and threw him down and started stabbing him,” Mendoza’s friend said.

Teenager stabbed to death at a playground, police say

A teenager was stabbed to death at a playground.

www.wdam.com

 

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From the link in post above:

"Police said the attack appears to be retaliation for an earlier dispute."


I don't live near the park, but have visited several times for kids' sports and other events. I have never had a bad vibe there, though I don't know the surrounding area, tbh, and I've only visited during daytime when it is active and family-friendly.

How awful.

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OMG, it just got worse. BBM:

"The 14-year-old boy stabbed to death by a gang of teens in a Bronx playground appears to have been jumped in a case of mistaken identity — with someone filming as he was pistol-whipped, beaten and repeatedly knifed, according to police sources and prosecutors."

Savage murder of boy, 14, in Bronx playground was filmed by brutes in tragic case of mistaken identity: sources

The victim, Angel Mendoza, was jumped by a mob of kids at Williamsbridge Oval Playground in Norwood late Tuesday in what cops believe was a case of mistaken identity, law enforcement sources told T…

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