A panhandler got into a confrontation with a Bronx teenager and then fatally stabbed him and ran away, investigators said Saturday.
The victim, 17-year-old Carl Ducasse had just bought a milkshake a block from his Bronx apartment on Friday night when he was approached by two panhandlers, his family told NBC 4 New York.
Carlo Ducasse said his son refused to give them any money and that's when they grabbed him and tried to steal his cellphone. During the struggle, one of the panhandlers stabbed the teen in the chest.
Ducasse was rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital where he died.
The panhandlers fled and no arrests have been reported.
Carl Ducasse was just weeks away from his high school graduation, his father said.
Panhandling has been a problem in the Mount Hope neighborhood where the Ducasses live, the family said.
