Three suspects have been arrested within the slaying of a 33-year-old man who had been on the straight-and-narrow for 3 years after his launch from jail, and had not too long ago gotten a brand new condominium, police introduced Sunday.
Jervey Barfield was getting his life again on observe after being launched from jail three years earlier, and had not too long ago gotten an condominium of his personal, when he was stabbed a number of instances within the again after getting in an altercation with a number of males outdoors a deli on Frederick Douglass Blvd. close to W. 141st St. round 5:25 a.m. Might 3.
On Sunday, police introduced the arrests of three of his alleged attackers: Naquan Anderson, 37, Trevor Carpenter, 42, and Alvin Nelson, 44. Anderson and Nelson are charged with homicide and Carpenter is charged with manslaughter, in line with on-line data.
Cops first picked up Nelson — who lives in Harlem not removed from the crime scene — arresting him Might 16, police mentioned. One week later they arrested Carpenter, and two weeks after that, on June 9, Anderson was arrested, cops mentioned. Anderson resides within the Bronx and Carpenter is from Roanoke, Va., in line with police. Each have been arrested in Harlem.
It was not instantly clear what sparked the argument that result in the bloodshed. After being stabbed, Barfield managed to run a couple of block away, the place he collapsed, in line with police. Medics discovered him and rushed him to Harlem Hospital, the place he died.
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Jervey Barfield was pronounced lifeless at Harlem Hospital after he was stabbed a number of instances on Frederick Douglass Blvd. in Manhattan on Might 3. (Obtained by Each day Information)
On the time he was killed, Barfield had been out of jail for about three years since being launched on parole in 2023 after serving 10 months for a Manhattan attempted-assault conviction.
After jail, he had confronted a number of hardships in getting his life again so as, together with employment and dwelling preparations, however had weathered them with dedication and ingenuity, his household mentioned.
“He was working on his music, trying to get a job,” his sister mentioned. “I used to be attempting to assist him get a job as effectively. However due to his historical past, popping out of jail, it’s very exhausting for him to get jobs. So he was somewhat pissed off about that. So I might inform him, ‘Just occupy your time.’ So he would work out. And that’s what he mentioned, ‘Hey, Sis, maybe I should be a physical trainer, being that I know how to work out’.’’
Barfield had been closely impacted by the dying of his older brother, Shannon Bates, who was shot to dying within the Bronx nearly 20 years in the past, and would address the loss by creating rap songs honoring him, his sister mentioned.
“I let him live with me for a while,” Richardson mentioned. “Then you got to be a big sister and say, ‘Hey, you got to grow up. You need your own.’ We argued, and I kicked him out. We didn’t speak for roughly two months. But we couldn’t not talk to each other. He said, ‘Sis, I did it. I went to shelter. I got my spot.’ And I was like, ‘I’m proud of you.’”
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Jervey Barfield was stabbed to dying on Frederick Douglass Blvd. in Manhattan on Saturday, Might 3. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Each day Information)
They final spoke a pair days earlier than he was killed, she mentioned.
He was like, ‘Sis, where are you? Are you home yet?’ He was like, ‘All right, I was just checking in on you, making sure you was all right’,” she recalled. “That’s what we always do. We always check up on each other.”
Barfield noticed shut pal Noah Ramos simply earlier than he was killed. “When he leaves me he normally calls me and let me know that he’s safe and sound,” Ramos mentioned. “But this time I didn’t get that phone call.”
“He just found out that he got a new apartment,” Ramos added. “He was very excited.”
All three suspects are in Rikers awaiting courtroom appearances.
Initially Printed: July 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM EDT
