This year’s National Night Out Against Crime sadly coincided with the tragic death of 14-year-old Ángel Miguel Mendoza Hernández who, as reported , was fatally stabbed in a gang assault in the Williamsbridge Oval park in Norwood on Tuesday evening, Aug. 5, around the same time that the annual event was taking place in Poe Park in Kingsbridge Heights.

Members of the 52nd Precinct, including its commanding officer, Deputy Inspector Chase A. Maneri, Det. Stephen Echevarria from the Community Affairs team and others, had joined the 52nd Precinct Community Council, Bronx Community Board 7, NYC Parks, several elected officials and residents to mark the event, while other members of the NYPD and Parks had been patrolling the Williamsbridge Oval and the rest of the precinct.

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