A teen has been arrested in connection with the murder of a 14-year-old boy knifed to death in a gang attack at a Queens McDonald’s, police said Saturday.
The suspect, who is also 14, was taken into custody at the scene and charged with gang assault early Saturday, police said.
Although he took part in the attack against victim Julian Corniell, police do not have enough evidence to charge him as the stabber, officials said.
The case is still being investigated, cops said. No other arrests have been made.
Corniell was stabbed in the abdomen after two groups of teens clashed inside a McDonald’s near 38th St. and Queens Blvd. in Sunnyside at about 3:30 p.m. Friday.
The fight spilled out into the street, police said. Corniell was chased across the street, where he was attacked.
Medics rushed the teen to Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan, but he could not be saved.
“A large group” was responsible for the attack, police said.
“It was a group of, like, 15 or 20 kids. They were facing off to fight,” said Sheikh Rahn, 15, who was on his way to a dentist appointment at a nearby medical center with his mother when they witnessed the rumble.
“It was one group in ski masks and another in backpacks. They took over the whole parking lot. They were definitely going after someone,” Rahn said.
“I was scared for me and my mom. We ran into the medical center,” he added.
A knife with a roughly 6-inch-long blade was spotted on the sidewalk on 38th St. but police could not immediately say it was tied to the case.
Corniell lived in South Jamaica, about 11 miles from where he was killed, cops said.
It was not immediately disclosed if Corniell was a member of a gang or a crew. Police sources said detectives were investigating the possibility that the fatal attack was connected to a beef between students at either a local school or two different Queens schools.
