Crime & Safety

16-Year-Old Charged With Murder In Teen's Fatal Stabbing: Police

On Feb. 14, police found Julian​ Corniell unresponsive at 38-02 Queens Boulevard​ with a stabbed wound to the abdomen​.

QUEENS, NY — A 16-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old on Valentine's Days in Queens, police announced on Thursday.

The 16-year-old suspect is also facing first degree manslaughter, first and second degree gang assault and criminal possession of a weapon charges, among others.

He is the second individual to be charged in connection with the deadly stabbing. Last month, a 14-year-old boy was charged with first degree gang assault, police said.

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On Feb. 14, police found Julian Corniell unresponsive at 38-02 Queens Boulevard with a stabbed wound to the abdomen.

He was transported to New York-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead, police said.

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