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8 Men Sought In Fatal January Stabbing By China Club
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John Del Signore
Published Jul 30, 2010
Modified Jul 30, 2010
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Published Jul 30, 2010
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Police are asking New Yorkers to be on the lookout for these eight men, who are wanted in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 22-year-old man outside the China Club in January. Witnesses say Kenyatta Cotterell, the father of a 3-year-old son, got into an altercation with the men around 4 a.m. on January 23rd after one of his friends flirted with the girlfriend of another man. Cotterell's brother told the Daily News, "It was really pointless. We were fighting over nothing."
Cotterell, who was stabbed in the chest near the club at West 46th and 8th Avenue and found at West 45 Street and 7 Avenue, was pronounced dead that morning at St. Vincent's hospital. Two other men were also stabbed in the chest, but survived. The murder weapon was never recovered. Investigators made one arrest in February based on surveillance footage, but a grand jury would not indict the suspect.
Investigators say these men—who apparently share an affinity for the Yankees and an apprenticeship with an avuncular older gentleman—are "people of interest." The NYPD isn't saying how they became interested or how they obtained the photos, but they're asking anyone with information to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 800-577-TIPS. (Tips can also be text-messaged to 274637 then enter TIP577.)
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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