A woman fatally stabbed in a weekend brawl outside a Bronx bar had intervened in a fight involving her boyfriend, officials said Monday.
Pamela Almonte Cabrera’s blood was still visible on the sidewalk outside Mama Dora Bar & Lounge on E. Kingsbridge Road near Morris Ave. in Kingsbridge Heights, where cops said she was stabbed outside the watering hole early Sunday.
Her boyfriend, at a memorial outside the nearby barbershop where Cabrera worked, declined to talk about the 4 a.m. free-for-all, except to express his grief.
“How would you feel,” he said through tears. “I was there. I feel like s–t. I feel bad.”
Cabrera, who lived in Melrose, was with a group of about five people when they clashed with a similar sized group on the sidewalk, according to police. Cabrera was stabbed about five times in the chest, cops said.
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A 35-year-old woman was stabbed to death after a brawl outside the Mama Dora Bar & Lounge on E. Kingsbridge Road in the Bronx on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
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A 35-year-old woman was stabbed to death after a brawl outside the Mama Dora Bar & Lounge on E. Kingsbridge Road in the Bronx on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
Surveillance video shows a commotion among a crowd outside the bar at closing time before Cabrera walks down the block, held upright by another person. She sits down on the pavement and then collapses, the video shows.
The victim was taken to BronxCare Health System by private means, then transferred to Lincoln Hospital, where she died, according to police.
A friend of the victim, Wendy, 52, said she had been with Cabrera a couple of hours before she died, and was enjoying the night out.
”She was happy, very happy,” Wendy said. “All day, every day, she was happy. We feel very bad because she’s a good person. She has three kids.”
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A memorial for Pamela Almonte is set up outside a salon where she used to work on Briggs Avenue in the Bronx on Monday, October 27, 2025. (Rebecca White / New York Daily News)
Wendy said two of Cabrera’s sons live in the Dominican Republic, and her 17-year-old daughter lives in New York City.
A brother lives in Philadelphia, she said.
“The brother did a lot of crying,” Wendy said. “ They had to give him a shot to help him sleep.”
Cabrera worked as a nail technician in the back of the barbershop, her grieving friends said. Mourners filled the street outside the shop sharing stories about her and comforting each other.
“She was very friendly,” Wendy said. “A lot of people were here last night.”
