NYPD Examines Cops' Response After Brutal Bronx Stabbing

NEW YORK, NY — The NYPD said it is examining the response to the brutal stabbing of a Bronx boy last week after a video reportedly showed two cops standing by while the 15-year-old bled.

The New York Post first reported Thursday that the Police Department was probing the alleged inaction of two officers who didn't aid Lesandro Guzman-Feliz as he bled out on a sidewalk.

NYPD spokesman Lt. John Grimpel said the Bronx Borough command is "reviewing the response."

The Post reported that the NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau was initially handling the probe, but Grimpel denied the existence of an investigation by the bureau.

"Officers responding to a different call were flagged down by civilians and directed to the victim, and an ambulance arrived just over one minute later," Grimpel said in an email Thursday.

Cellphone video showed bystanders trying to stop Guzman-Feliz's bleeding — and two cops watching as the boy neared death, the Post reported.

"Yo, what are y’all doin’ about this?" one person shouted, according to the Post. "In front of St. Barnabas Hospital, man."

No complaints have been filed about the response to the incident, Grimpel said.

Police have arrested eight people — some of them Trinitarios gang members — in connection with the June 20 slaying outside a Bronx bodega.

Guzman-Feliz, also known as Junior, was reportedly honored at a Wednesday funeral service. Police have said his killing was tied to the violent June 18 stabbing of a 14-year-old boy on the Bronx River Parkway.

Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated the nature of the June 18 incident connected to Lesandro Guzman-Feliz's killing. It was a stabbing, not a murder.

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