A 33-year-old man was fatally stabbed just steps from his Queens home late Sunday, and his mother discovered his bleeding body on the sidewalk, according to cops and sources.
Jose Scott, 33, was knifed multiple times all over his body in front of an auto repair shop on Merrick Boulevard near 221st Street in Laurelton around 9:45 p.m., authorities and sources said. The attack occurred less than 60 feet from his residence.
Scott’s mother horrifyingly found her son’s bloodied body on the sidewalk and called the police, the sources said. He was rushed to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries, cops said.
The motive for the slaying was not immediately known.
Investigators were reviewing photos and working to identify a suspect by Monday afternoon, the sources said. No arrests had been announced as of that time.
The fatal stabbing occurred in the confines of the NYPD’s 116th Precinct, where four murders have been reported so far this year.
The 116th Precinct station house opened in December of 2024, marking the first entirely new NYPD command established in over 10 years.
No murders were reported in the precinct’s confines in 2025, according to department data. But overall felony crime is down by about 12 percent this year in the precinct’s confines, the statistics show.
In the viral moment that preceded this coverage, Scott’s killing drew attention for its brutal circumstances and the devastating detail that his own mother discovered his body in a pool of blood so close to their home. The case highlighted ongoing violence in southeastern Queens despite statistical improvements in the newly established precinct.
Investigators continued working to identify a suspect and determine a motive for the attack on Scott, who was killed just feet from where he lived.