A 14-year-old boy named Angel Mendoza was fatally stabbed by a gang of teens in the Bronx due to mistaken identity. The attack was recorded on cellphone video and involved Mendoza being pistol-whipped, beaten, and stabbed in the chest and abdomen. He was reportedly collateral damage, friends with two teens previously in an altercation with the gang. Emergency services found him critically injured at the playground, but he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival at the hospital. Four teens were arrested and charged with murder and gang assault related to the incident.
The mob attacked Angel Mendoza in a Bronx playground due to mistaken identity, as he was a friend of two teens previously involved in a gang fight.
Cellphone video documented the brutal beating of Mendoza, including being pistol-whipped, kicked, and stabbed twice - in the chest and abdomen.
Mendoza was reportedly collateral damage in the gang's vengeful attack, having no direct involvement in the earlier melee that prompted the violence.
Four teenagers have been charged with murder and gang assault in connection with Mendoza's death, highlighting the escalating violence among youth gangs.
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