"Trejo and his unnamed co-defendant are accused of confronting 17-year-old Josue Argudo who was walking home after school just after 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 8. Argudo ran from the two teenagers who chased after him and caught up to him at the northwest corner of Jamaica Avenue and 76th Street four blocks away from his home on 85th Road. According to admissions made by Trejo and his accomplice, they punched and stabbed Argudo in his torso with a knife before running off."
""A 17- and an 18-year-old have been charged with the murder of Josue Argudo, who was senselessly stabbed to death on a Woodhaven street this past Friday afternoon," Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said Monday. "As alleged, the teenage perpetrator and co-defendant, Derek Trejo, engaged the 17-year-old victim in an argument on Jamaica Avenue that soon became physical. The teenage defendant produced a knife and stabbed Argudo in the torso. Despite the assistance of good Samaritans and first responders, Josue passed away a short time later.""
Derek Trejo, 18, and a 17-year-old co-defendant were arraigned and held without bail on charges of second-degree murder and fourth-degree weapon possession. Victim Josue Argudo, 17, was walking home after school around 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 8 when he was confronted, chased, caught at Jamaica Avenue and 76th Street, and stabbed. Admissions by Trejo and his accomplice say they punched and stabbed Argudo in the torso with a knife before fleeing. Surveillance video captured an attacker stabbing Argudo and showed the assailants speaking briefly as he collapsed. EMS transported Argudo to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
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