Fatal Pizzeria Stabbing Of 2 Teens: 18-Year-Old Indicted For Murder

YONKERS, NY — A teenager is facing murder charges in the slaying of two 16-year-olds at a Westchester pizzeria.

Westchester County District Attorney Susan Cacace announced on Tuesday that the now 18-year-old Yonkers resident was indicted on two counts of second-degree murder, along with other charges, in connection with the Feb. 6 stabbings of two 16-year-old boys at the Yonkers restaurant.

The defendant, who was 17 at the time of the killings, was arraigned Tuesday afternoon in the Youth Part. In addition to the two counts of murder, he was charged with two counts of fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon and one count of tampering with physical evidence.

He pleaded not guilty to the charges and was remanded to the Westchester County Jail pending further proceedings on May 9.

"These senseless killings must stop. Our children are our community’s greatest assets," DA Cacace said. "But now there are two grieving families who will never know the men these young boys would have grown to become. I offer my deepest condolences to the families of these boys. The task of protecting Westchester’s children remains among my highest priorities."

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On Feb. 6, around 8 p.m., while inside a Yonkers pizzeria, the teenager allegedly stabbed the first victim, a 16-year-old resident of Yonkers. While exiting the pizzeria, he then allegedly stabbed the second victim, a 16-year-old resident of the Bronx.

Both teens died shortly after arriving at the hospital.