Overview
- Two 18-year-olds, Andrew Ansah and Jordan Williams, and two minors aged 16 and 15 face charges including murder, manslaughter, gang assault and criminal possession of a weapon
- Police recovered the knife believed to have inflicted the wounds after responding to a 15-minute brawl at Williamsbridge Oval Playground on Aug. 5
- Fourteen-year-old Angel Mendoza was ruled a bystander who suffered multiple stab wounds and died at Jacobi Hospital
- A 17-year-old boy wounded in the abdomen and shoulder walked to Montefiore Medical Center and remains in stable condition
- NYPD data show felony assaults are up 14% in the 52nd Precinct this year despite a more than 50% drop in homicides, prompting calls for increased park security