Bronx Teen Arrested On Murder Charges After House Party Stabbing

SMH!

Bronx Teen Arrested On Murder Charges After House Party Stabbing

This story is an absolute shame. One teen is dead and several others are injured after a fight broke out at a house party in the Bronx over the weekend. Apparently the one boy looking to break up the violence is the one who was killed in the confusion. Via NYDN:

A Bronx teenager was charged with murder in the stabbing death of a 14-year-old boy at a Bronx house party, police said Tuesday.

Ken Goodwin, 18, is accused of killing Justin Fallu and wounding three other teens after a wild fight broke out in a Barnes Ave. apartment in Pelham Parkway about 3:15 a.m. Sept. 28.

Neighbors said teens had been partying and smoking marijuana for hours before a fight erupted and the party spilled out into the lobby.

Goodwin, also known as Shakil Martin, stabbed Justin and two 18-year-old boys in the chest and a 17-year-old boy in the shoulder, cops said.

The older teens survived but Justin, a student at Public School 754, the J.M. Rapport School for Career Development, died at Jacobi Medical Center.

Friends told the Daily News that Justin was trying to break up the fight when he was killed.

Goodwin was identified as a suspect days after the bloody melee, but police were unable to locate him.

Accompanied by a lawyer, Goodwin turned himself in at the 50th Precinct stationhouse Monday morning, cops said.

He was charged with murder, three counts of assault and criminal possession of a weapon, officials said.

Goodwin has eight prior arrests, cops said. After police named him as a suspect in Justin’s murder, he missed his court dates for his three ongoing Bronx criminal cases and arrest warrants were issued.

Wow. Our condolences go out to the family of the slain boy, and hopefully the survivors will have a speedy recovery.

New York Daily News