61-Year-Old Found Stabbed to Death in Building Stairwell

Man, age 61, Stabbed to Death in Fordham Apartment Building

The NYPD is searching for the person who stabbed at 61-year-old man to death inside the stairwell of his Bronx apartment building. -File Photo

By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

January 5, 2024

BRONX - Police have identified the 61-year-old man who was found stabbed to death inside the stairwell of his Fordham apartment building in the Bronx. 

At around 1:30 am, police responding to a 911 call at 2415 Creston Avenue, found a 61-year-old man in the second-floor stairwell of the building. He was found with multiple stab wounds to the neck and torso. 

The victim was rushed to nearby St. Barnabas Hospital where he was pronounced dead. 

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Police have identified the victim as 61-year-old Tyrone Padilla. Cops said he lived in the building. 

At this time police have not released a description of the suspect or a motive for the murder. 

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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.