A 14-year-old boy was stabbed in the abdomen Saturday evening outside a C-Town supermarket in Soundview, sending him to the hospital as police continue searching for whoever is responsible. The attack happened around 5:30 p.m. at 612 Westchester Ave., steps from the elevated Morrison Avenue-Soundview subway station, in a stretch of the Bronx that has seen repeated violence involving teenagers this year.
Paramedics rushed the teen to Jacobi Hospital, according to News12 Bronx, which first reported the stabbing. Police told the outlet the boy is in stable condition. As of Saturday evening, no information about a suspect had been made public, and investigators had not disclosed what sparked the attack.
Why Jacobi Was the Destination
Jacobi Hospital is the only certified Level II Pediatric Trauma Center in the Bronx, a designation that also makes it a Level I Adult Trauma Center, according to NYC Health + Hospitals. That specialized status explains why emergency responders chose the facility for a young stabbing victim rather than a closer but less-equipped emergency room. The hospital also runs Stand Up to Violence, a state-funded Cure Violence program that sends hospital-based intervenors into the community to de-escalate conflicts and head off retaliation within the NYPD's 43rd Precinct, though it remains unclear whether those intervenors have been deployed in response to Saturday's stabbing.
The stabbing site falls within the 43rd Precinct, which patrols Soundview, Parkchester, Castle Hill, and Clason Point, per the NYPD. That command tied for the second-highest homicide count in the Bronx in late 2025, recording 12 murders amid otherwise elevated major crime levels, according to data reported by the Bronx Times. Westchester Avenue, where the attack occurred, is one of the precinct's major commercial corridors.
A Pattern of Youth Violence in the Bronx
Saturday's stabbing adds to a string of violent incidents involving Bronx teens this year. In April, 17-year-old Jonathan Melo was fatally stabbed on Beach Avenue in Soundview and also taken to Jacobi, a case Hoodline previously reported. In May, a Bronx grand jury indicted a 29-year-old man in the 2025 fatal stabbing of 14-year-old Caleb Rijos, an unprovoked attack at a bus stop that drew public vigils across the borough. That same month, another Soundview street clash left a man stabbed in the torso and slashed in the face, and in June a teen was shot and another stabbed near the elevated 6 train in nearby Parkchester.
The violence fits into a broader citywide and borough-wide trend. Bronx major felony crime rose 1.4% in 2024, the highest total since 2000, with violent felony assaults running more than 40% above pre-pandemic 2019 levels, according to Vital City. Citywide, the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice recorded an 81% increase in youth shooting victims and a 136% increase in youth gun arrests between 2018 and 2024.
A Busy Transit Corridor Beneath the Tracks
The attack unfolded near the Morrison Avenue-Soundview station on the elevated 6 train line, adjacent to the C-Town, a stretch of Westchester Avenue that draws heavy pedestrian traffic beneath the tracks. The MTA slated the station in late 2025 for major ADA accessibility upgrades, including new elevators, underscoring how much foot traffic funnels through the intersection where the stabbing happened.
Whether surveillance cameras from the subway station or the supermarket captured the attack has not been disclosed. If the assailant is identified, New York law could bring felony charges: intentionally causing physical injury with a knife constitutes Second Degree Assault, a Class D felony, which escalates to First Degree Assault, a Class B felony punishable by up to 25 years in prison, if the injury is deemed serious, according to legal guidance published by Saland Law. No arrest had been announced as of Saturday evening.
