Migrant stabbed to death outside NYC shelter converted from dorm space
A migrant was stabbed to death on Sunday morning after getting into an argument with another man outside the East Harlem migrant shelter where they both lived, police said.
Argeyeris Martinez, 29, got into a dispute with a fellow migrant, Oscar Gonzalez, 30, when he was stabbed in the chest at around 4:02 a.m. on Third Avenue and East 97th Street, NYPD cops said.
Martinez was rushed to Mount Sinai Morningside hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Gonzalez was taken into custody and charged Sunday evening with murder and aggravated criminal possession of a weapon.
Police said an investigation was still ongoing.
The incident took place outside the 500-family migrant shelter that the city opened last year at the former dormitory complex for Hunter College and Baruch College students.
The 19-story building, located at 1760 Third Ave. between 97th and 98th streets, was touted as the city’s 12th Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center meant to house migrants with children.
It was not immediately clear if Martinez and Gonzalez are fathers to children living in the shelter.
This isn’t the first time a dispute broke out into a fatal stabbing at one of the new migrant shelters in the city, with another man stabbed to death on Jan. 7 at the nearby Randall’s Island shelter.
The safety concerns had triggered police to install security cameras around the migrant shelters to try and curb the growing number of violent incidents, law enforcement sources said.
