Cops arrested a person they are saying fatally stabbed an 18-year-old boy in a brawl that broke out on a troubled industrial strip within the Bronx, police mentioned Thursday.
Police have arrested Travis Revenue, 38, who’s accused of the deadly stabbing of Shannon Kelsey within the chest throughout a combat Tuesday afternoon close to Southern Blvd. and Westchester Ave. Cops initially believed Kelsey had been shot to dying, however later decided he died of a stab wound.
NYPD officers and detectives examine a deadly taking pictures close to the intersection of Southern Blvd. and Westchester Ave. Tuesday, July 8, 2025 within the Bronx, New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Each day Information)
A 15-year-old boy was additionally slashed within the lip, and Revenue was shot within the leg in the course of the brawl, in accordance with police. Each are anticipated to get well.
The fracas broke out when a bunch of kids tried to rob an older, extra established group that was promoting marijuana on the block, in accordance with a police supply with information of the case.
NYPD on the scene the place a number of individuals had been shot and slashed at Southern Blvd and Westchester Ave. on July 8, 2025 within the Bronx. (Courtesy Selcuk Sagdic)
“He’s a bit of a perp and a victim,” the supply mentioned of the suspect.
“This guy is a drug dealer. Two of the guys in the melee were trying to rob him of his drugs. They didn’t manage it. He managed to stab two of them. One kid died, the other guy didn’t,” the supply mentioned. “It was a robbery turned melee. He was shot in the left leg.”
Travis Revenue is walked from the 41th Pct. Thursday, July 10, 2025 in Queens, New York. (Barry Williams/ New York Each day Information)
“There are a number of un-apprehended others,” the supply added. Police are nonetheless on the lookout for the one that shot the gun.
“They took about five or six candles,” mentioned retailer clerk Ayoub Labib, who was ending the top of his 12-hour shift when the shoplifters burst into the bodega on Webster Ave. close to E. one hundred and seventieth St. “I advised him, ‘Yo, come pay me.’ He turned to me and mentioned, ‘Shut the f—k up.’ And he moved outdoors. I adopted him. I opened the door and adopted him outdoors, advised him once more, ‘Yo, what’s happening? It’s worthwhile to pay me’.’’
One of many shoplifters then threatened Labib with a gun, he mentioned.
“Five candles? That doesn’t make sense,” Labib mentioned. “And you come in with a gun? That’s stupid.”
”In the event you’re doing silly s—t, that you must be locked up,” he added.
In an interview, Shannon’s father, Marvin Kelsey, a 65-year-old retired building employee, acknowledged his son ran with a tough crowd, however blamed their setting for the violence.
“There are no bad kids around here,” Kelsey mentioned. “They are a product of their environment. It’s a concrete jungle … I grew up in the Bronx, the Patterson Houses, so I know what it’s all about.”
“He was my only boy,” Kelsey mentioned. “There is no way to describe this loss. There is no way to describe how to handle it.”
Revenue, who lives within the Bronx, is charged with homicide, tried homicide, manslaughter and weapons possession.
