POUGHKEEPSIE – Police in
Poughkeepsie are investigating a murder that occurred Thursday evening
when a group walked in front of a car resulting in words being exchanged
with one of the teens stabbing the victim.
Police said a 42-year-old Hyde Park man, Nakia Burton, was stabbed in the chest around 6 p.m. and died later at Vassar Brothers Medical Center where had been transported by a private vehicle.
The stabbing was first reported to have happened on Smith Street in the area of Harrison Street, It was later determined to have taken place on Winnikee Avenue.
A group of males, between the ages of 15 and 18, crossed the street in front of the vehicle. Words were exchanged and as the victim began to get out of the car, a suspect, described as a black male between 15 and 18, about medium build, warming a white t-shirt, ran up to the victim and stabbed him in the check.
The victim was a passenger in a vehicle being driven by another person. He fell back into the car and was driven to the hospital.
The group ran off in an unknown direction.
Anyone with information is asked to call City of Poughkeepsie Police at 845-451-7577.
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