Suspect Arrested on Murder Charges in Connection with Sunset Park Stabbing

August 6, 2018 Jaime DeJesus
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Police have arrested a man on murder charges after a 25-year-old man was found stabbed to death in Sunset Park.

Authorities have charged 31-year-old Brighton Beach resident Rogelio Vasquez in the Thursday, August 2 murder of 25-year-old Miguel Garcia, also of Brighton Beach.

In the wake of a 911 call, Garcia was discovered around 9:55 a.m. in a residence near Fifth Avenue and 59th Street, lying on the ground unconscious and unresponsive with multiple stab wounds to his neck, chest and head.

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Emergency Medical Services transported the victim to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn, where he was pronounced dead.

Vasquez was charged with murder in the second degree.

Additional reporting by Meaghan McGoldrick.


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