Crime & Safety

Pawtucket Man Stabbed To Death On New York City Street

The 23-year-old man was stabbed near Times Square.

A Pawtucket man was stabbed to death in New York City early Monday.
A Pawtucket man was stabbed to death in New York City early Monday. (Peter Senzamici/Patch)

NEW YORK, NY — A Pawtucket man was stabbed to death in New York City early Monday morning.

Daevon Silva, 23, was stabbed multiple times in the back and once in the thigh, a New York Police Department spokesperson said.

Officers responding to an assault in progress on West 49th Street and Seventh Avenue found Silva wounded in the street, according to the spokesperson.

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Silva was taken to Bellevue Hospital where he was pronounced dead, the spokesperson said.

"No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing," she said.

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