A 16-year-old woman was stabbed to dying throughout an obvious dispute at a Bronx deli Tuesday afternoon – and her killer stays on the unfastened, based on police.
Aliyah Williams was discovered with a number of stab wounds to her face, chest and physique when police responded to Deli Grocery on Boston Highway in Williamsbridge simply earlier than 4 p.m., an NYPD rep stated.
She was rushed to Jacobi Medical Middle in vital situation, however was later pronounced useless.
The teenager’s shaken grandmother, Rose Anderson, was at work when she realized that an argument erupted on the retailer simply earlier than the alleged assailant’s knife fatally pierced her granddaughter’s coronary heart.
The family had exchanged textual content messages simply hours earlier.
“I never expected this to really happen to her because she’s not a bad kid,” the somber grandma stated on the grisly scene, describing Williams as a folks particular person with good manners who went to high school and all the time listened to her mother and father.
“She’s sadly missed by everyone. I’m sorry she had to go this way and I hope they find the killer.”
No arrests have been made, police stated, describing the feminine suspect as carrying all black, white sneakers, and a pink or pink headpiece when she fled the scene.
Residents of the normally quiet neighborhood – the place the teenager lived simply two blocks from the violent scene – had been left rattled by the stabbing.
“I’ve lived on this block for a year and nothing like this has ever happened. It’s quiet,” stated neighbor Man Smith, who lives throughout the road from the grief-stricken household.
“It’s very, very sad. I get very emotional about these things because she’s only 16. I’m weak, I’m gonna cry and tear up and hope for the best and give my respects to the family.”
One other resident was left determined for solutions as the reason for the dispute stays unknown.
“For this to happen, it’s sad and it’s not a good look,” Brian Jenkins stated.
“And the crazy part is, we have no answers. We don’t know what happened… We don’t know why it happened, who did it, why was the cause of it. It’s sad.”
Police stated the incident stays below investigation.
