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Homeless Man Fatally Stabbed in NYC Park, Police Say

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  • Police say a homeless man has been fatally stabbed inside a park in New York City
  • Officers responded to a report of an assault in a park on Manhattan's Lower East Side at around 2:15 p.m. Saturday
  • They found 23-year-old Arturo Valdez with a stab wound to his chest

Police say a homeless man has been fatally stabbed inside a park in New York City.

Officers responded to a report of an assault in a park on Manhattan's Lower East Side at around 2:15 p.m. Saturday. They found 23-year-old Arturo Valdez with a stab wound to his chest.

Valdez was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police say Valdez was homeless.

No arrests have been made.

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