NEW YORK (PIX11) — The NYPD has released new surveillance video as investigators search for two men accused of stabbing and robbing off-duty Detective Jose Mercedes in the Bronx.
The footage shows the suspects riding away together on an e-bike after the Friday afternoon attack in the Norwood section. Police said one suspect was wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt and dark pants, while the other appeared shirtless and wore dark pants.
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Police said Mercedes, 33, was near Rochambeau Avenue and East 206th Street shortly before 2 p.m. when the two men approached him. Investigators believe the suspects targeted the detective’s chain, stabbing and slashing him several times before forcibly taking it from his neck.
“You think the police is not a human being, they can get killed anytime even if he has a gun,” one Bronx resident said…