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New Video - Suspect in Fatal Stabbing in the HUB

Photo of Suspect who Fatally Stabbed Man in Neck in Bronx

The NYPD is searching for this man in the fatal stabbing of a man outside a South Bronx bar. Cops said the victim was stabbed in the neck. -Photo by NYPD
The NYPD is searching for this man in the fatal stabbing of a man outside a South Bronx bar. Cops said the victim was stabbed in the neck. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice

February 5, 2024


BRONX - Cops have released a photo of the suspect wanted for stabbing a Bronx man in the neck outside a bar near the HUB. The victim died and cops are asking for the public’s help to catch his killer. 



At around 3:50 am on February 3, police responded to a report of a large fight outside Chicanito Bar and Restaurant on East 153rd Street, just off the HUB shopping district in the South Bronx. Cops found the victim, 32-year-old Baraquiel Catelan, stabbed in the neck on the sidewalk. 


Catelan was taken to nearby Lincoln Hospital where he was pronounced dead. 



Police pulled surveillance video from the surrounding areas and identified a man as the main suspect in the fatal stabbing. 


The suspect is described as a male who is 25 years of age and has a light complexion. He was last seen wearing a long sleeve shirt with lettering on the sleeve and back.





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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