Posted on: April 17, 2025 10:25 AM

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Spring Valley man stabbed to death in Queens NYPD charges suspect for murder

A 22-year-old Spring Valley man was stabbed to death Monday, April 14, reportedly over a dispute involving a bicycle, leading police to charge a city man with murder.

Anderson Archila-Martinez died in a Queens hospital a few hours after being found with a knife wound to his abdomen at 12:47 a.m. on April 14, according to the New York Police Department Public Information Office.

Officers responding to a 911 call found Archila-Martinez stabbed at Junction Boulevard and Roosevelt Avenue. EMS transported him to New York City Health and Hospitals/Elmhurst, where medical personnel pronounced him dead, police said.

Officers arrested Nelson Torres, 33, of Queens, on a felony count of second-degree murder and a misdemeanor fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon. The murder charge carries a potential prison sentence of 15 to 25 years to life.