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New York Post
· collected 2026-10-06 · by Joe Marino, Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
An illegal alien wanted by ICE, Sneider Mejia, and his accomplice D’Angelo Caraballo are suspects in an attack where they slashed NYPD Detective Jose Mercedes seven times while he was off-duty near Rochambeau Avenue and East 208th Street in the Bronx on Friday. The police identified the suspects after a surveillance video captured them riding an e-bike around the crime scene; Mejia has a pending detainer from ICE, and both men have prior criminal records. Mercedes’ family called for a tougher stance from the justice system to prevent criminals from being released back onto the streets.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-06,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
An off-duty NYPD detective, Det. Jose Mercedes, was stabbed seven times in the neck and leg during a robbery attempt on Friday afternoon at around 1:45 p.m. near East 208th Street and Rochambeau Avenue in Norwood, Bronx. The attackers, two Hispanic men on e-bikes, allegedly tried to steal his gold chain before fleeing the scene southbound on Rochambeau Avenue. Mercedes was taken to Jacobi Medical Center, where he is expected to survive after being stabbed multiple times. Surveillance footage shows him bleeding profusely as emergency services arrived.
The suspects were later identified by police: 25-year-old D'Angelo Caraballo, and 24-year-old Sneider Mejia, who is an illegal alien with a pending detainer issued by ICE. Both are currently at large. Mercedes, a 10-year NYPD veteran assigned to the 44th Precinct, was released from the hospital days after the attack amidst cheers and applause from fellow officers.
Written for “NYPD Detective Stabbing Attack” on 2026-10-06,
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Leaning: leans strongly right for article 60372 (high confidence, 2 verified quotes) · logged 2026-10-06
An illegal alien wanted by the feds and his pal are being hunted in the cowardly broad-daylight Bronx slashing attack on an off-duty NYPD cop.
asserted
alien → want → cop
NYPD Det. Jose Mercedes was grabbing items out of the trunk of his car at Rochambeau Avenue and East 208th Street in Norwood around 1:45 p.m. Friday when the brazen pair pulled up on an e-bike.
asserted
pair → grab → bike
The thugs tried to snatch the cop’s gold chain, but Mercedes tried to fight back and was slashed seven times by the thieves, who sped off and left the detective bleeding on the sidewalk, police said.
asserted
police → try → sidewalk
Mercedes, who is assigned to the 44th Precinct in the Bronx, was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center and was listed in stable condition after the broad-daylight attack, the department said.
asserted
department → assign → attack
Police identified the suspects Tuesday, after launching a massive manhunt for the accused slashers.
asserted
Police → identify → slashers
They were caught on surveillance video near the scene of the crime, with the driver speeding down the sidewalk and his passenger and suspected stabber sitting shirtless behind him.
asserted
driver → catch → him
The accused slasher was identified as 25-year-old D’Angelo Caraballo, while the suspect behind the wheel of the bike was ID’d as Sneider Mejia, 24, an illegal alien who has a pending detainer issued by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, law enforcement sources told The Post.
asserted
sources → accuse → Post
Mejia has one arrest on his rap sheet from last year, but the case has since been sealed, sources said.
asserted
sources → have → year
Caraballo has two prior arrests — a menacing rap for allegedly threatening to stab a person who rented him a room in the Bronx in July and a 2025 gun possession charge for allegedly lugging a loaded .380 Taurus gun in his car, the sources said.
uncertain
sources → have → car
“We want the justice system to ensure the police do their job effectively, but the courts go too easy on them, sending criminals right back out on the street,” Ricardo Mercedes, the cop’s frustrated uncle, told The Post.
asserted
Mercedes → want → Post
“We want a tough stance from the justice system.
asserted
We → want → system
“The police catch them, but then they’re let go — right back out on the street,” he added.
asserted
he → catch → street
“That is what we want to change.”
asserted
we → want → what
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch also visited the cop at the hospital.
asserted
Mamdani → visit → hospital
Mercedes, who joined the force in July 2016, was the first police officer in his family, and has inspired other kin to follow suit, his uncle said.
asserted
uncle → join → suit
The attack on the cop comes just weeks after a maniac chucked a glass bottle at an NYPD cop’s head at a Queens public housing complex — with the suspect locked up last month.
asserted
suspect → come → complex
In May, an FDNY firefighter allegedly punched an on-duty NYPD police officer in the face while suffering a mental health crisis inside a Queens hospital this week, prosecutors and sources said.
uncertain
prosecutors → punch → hospital
Earlier in the year, an unruly mob of rowdy winter warriors pummeled New York’s Finest at Washington Square Park, throwing snowballs in a chaotic scene caught on video.
asserted
mob → pummel → video
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