'He Wanted To Save People': Funeral Held For Teen Stabbed To Death In The Bronx
Lesandro "Junior" Guzman-Feliz, 15, was remembered as a cheerful kid who loved pepperoni pizza, video games and had a passion to one day become a police officer.
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Lesandro "Junior" Guzman-Feliz, 15, was remembered as a cheerful kid who loved pepperoni pizza, video games and had a passion to one day become a police officer.
Police say the 15-year-old boy was stabbed to death outside a bodega in the Bronx on June 20, 2018.
It happened last week in the middle of the Bronx River Parkway. A 14-year-old was stabbed multiple times in the chest and body.
Family and friends say Lesandro Guzman-Feliz, known as Junior, was killed due to a tragic case of mistaken identity.
The news offered a sliver of justice after what the family and friends of Lesandro Guzman-Feliz say was a tragic and fatal case of mistaken identity.
The 15-year-old victim, who dreamed of one day becoming an NYPD detective, was stabbed to death by members of a local gang outside a bodega.
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