Cops said they arrested an assailant Tuesday who in May allegedly stabbed and killed a 32-year-old man under a stretch of scaffolding in Queens.
Carlos Alverado Castro, 26, was hit with charges of murder and criminal possession of a weapon for stabbing Fabian Chimbo once in the neck, and twice in the chest on May 10 near 34th Ave. and 96th St. in Jackson Heights around 7:40 p.m., cops said.
Medics rushed him to Elmhurst Hospital but he couldn’t be saved.
Castro’s arraignment was pending Tuesday night in Queens Criminal Court.
One person who did not see the stabbing but claimed to have witnessed the aftermath told the Daily News she saw the wounded victim chase after a man the witness presumed to be the suspect for about a half-block before he abruptly stopped.
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A 32yr old man was pronounced dead at Elmhurst Hospital after he was stabbed multiple times about the body opposite the address of 34-23 96th Street in Queens on Saturday May 10, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
“I didn’t see him get stabbed or nothing, I just saw the running,” said the woman, who declined to give her name.
“There was two guys that came out,” she said. “One was already injured. He was running after the second guy and basically was pointing at him and he ended up just running off and zigzagging down blocks.”
Neighbors complained about the scaffolding under which Chimbo was stabbed. It’s unclear what sparked the attack.
“That’s a real ugly blind spot, especially at night,” one neighbor said at the time of the incident. “It feels dangerous. I won’t walk under there.”
Another neighbor, 36, who lives across the street from the crime scene, echoed those concerns.
“I’ve lived here about four years. My wife lived here her entire life. As long as the scaffolding has been here, there’s always people sleeping, doing drugs, just hanging out over there,” said the neighbor, who did not want to give his name. “It’s not safe, especially with kids, there are kids around here.”
