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Stabbed to Death on Westchester Square

Police are investigating the murder of a man inside his Westchester Square apartment building.


By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

November 23, 2022 


BRONX - A Bronx man was found stabbed to death inside his Westchester Square apartment building. 


At around 2:41 am on November 23, police were called to 2511 Westchester Avenue. In the sixth floor stairwell area police found 23-year-old Rodney Truss unconscious and unresponsive. He suffered a stab wound to his right leg. 


Responding EMS pronounced Truss dead at the scene.



Police have released few details and no word on any descriptions of suspects. 


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Anyone with information in regard to this incident 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 CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 


All calls are strictly confidential.

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