Disabled Man Stabbed Over 20 Times By Perp In Wheelchair

The wheelchair-bound man suspected in a gruesome slaying in an East Village shelter stabbed his disabled victim more than 20 times, according to the Daily News. After being teased about the size of his manhood, investigators believe that 51-year-old Felipe Rivera-Cruz stabbed 24-year-old Ronal Garcia four times in the chest, knocking the victim out of his wheelchair. Once on the ground, Cruz is accused of cutting the defenseless victim in the back and side in "excess of a dozen" more times with a folding knife, according to the criminal complaint.

Cruz is being held without bail on murder charges. Relatives of Garcia were shocked the incident took place at the Barrier Free Living facility on East Second Street, which is one of the few shelters that is fully accessible to homeless adults who use wheelchairs. "It is so horrible," the victim's father, Lisardio Garcia, told the tabloid. "I don't know why this happened. How could this happen at a place like that?"

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By Ben Muessig in News on December 21, 2009 12:34 PM

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NannyState

His is actually 30" long...if you include the catheter.

whitecastlerock

"I don't know why this happened. How could this happen at a place like that?" These are the types of things I would expect from a homeless shelter. It's most unfortunate that this incident resulted in someone being gutted like a fish...

Gothamist_Cynic

Hispanics are known to has small penises.

felixthecatSUX

whee this is fun!

felixthecat2

Wrong, it the Irish and the Indian. In fact, there is a huge population because they don't wear condoms since it's too big for them. Read it in Superfreakonomics. I'm half hispanic and I can tell you that is a LIE

gtraindelay

nobody cares

valeriob

Don't feed the troll.

felixthecat2

VAleriob, it's you that is the troll. And it was proven that YOU CREATED all those AVATAR from your SAME IP address to create 8 FELIXTHECATS AVATARS. Do you know how pathetic and sick that really is? Seek mental help because only a loser would go to the extend to create 8 felixthecats avatars. You're a sad little man. I looked like you were at least 35 years old. HOw pathetic is that?

felixthecat2

IT looked like you were at least 35 years old. HOw pathetic is that?

felixthecat2

You cared enough to post.

CR

Can you imagine how much money we're going to have to spend to incarcerate this dude?

Monkey_Butter

No one said it yet? "CRIPPLE FIGHT!"

DanielJ

Well now the whole city can know that Felipe Rivera-Cruz has a small penis. Ha ha, Felipe has a small penis! Whatchu gonna do about it, asshole?

valeriob

I've got 100 bucks towards a billboard suggesting just that.

Anyone want in?

felixthecat2

I think you're in the last position to question someone's short comings. Stick with all those felixthecats avatars you created. pathetic.