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What to Know
- A man was found dead with a stab wound to his leg while hanging out in the hallway of a Bronx building with a friend and an unidentified person -- and police are now searching for that unknown individual, sources tell News 4 New York.
- Officers found 23-year-old Rodney Truss unconscious with a stab wound to his right leg in the sixth floor stairwell of a building. EMS pronounced Truss dead at the scene.
- Sources tell WNBC Truss was smoking and hanging out in the hallway with a friend and an unknown individual. The friend allegedly left briefly and when he came back, he found the victim bleeding of a stab wound to the leg and the third person gone.
A man was found dead with a stab wound to his leg while hanging out in the hallway of a Bronx building with a friend and an unidentified person -- and police are now searching for that unknown individual, sources tell News 4 New York.
On Wednesday, at around 2:41 a.m., police responded to a 911 call of a person stabbed inside of a building on Westchester Avenue on the sixth floor stairwell.
When police arrived, officers found 23-year-old Rodney Truss unconscious with a stab wound to his right leg. EMS pronounced Truss dead at the scene.
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Sources tell WNBC Truss was smoking and hanging out in the hallway with a friend and an unknown individual.
The friend allegedly left briefly and when he came back, he found the victim bleeding of a stab wound to the leg and the third person gone.
The friend then called 911, sources say.
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Police are now seeking that third person as a person of interest as the investigation continues.
