Father of boy, 15, brutally slain outside a Bronx bodega gets a new tattoo showing his son’s face

The father of the 15-year-old aspiring police officer who was brutally slain outside a Bronx bodega has revealed a new tattoo of his son’s face as thousands chanted ‘Justice for Junior’ at his wake on Monday.

Lesandro ‘Junior’ Guzman-Feliz begged staff inside the store for help before he was dragged outside and butchered by a gang of men in an attack on Wednesday that is believed to have stemmed from a tragic case of mistaken identity.

His father, Lisandro Guzman, 38, posted an image of the tattoo on Facebook alongside a moving tribute to his son before the wake on Monday. ‘I will always carry you in my mind and my body, my love,’ he wrote in Spanish.

‘I love you. You are everything I ever had and I will always have, since you haven’t left me, my guy. I love you. Rest in peace, my king, my warrior. I will never forget you, Papi.’ 

At the wake Guzman spoke about his son’s dream of becoming of a police officer before pointing to the etching on his left hand, which showed his son’s face and the message ‘RIP’, ‘2018’. ‘I need justice for my son, that’s my Junior baby,’ he said.

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Lisandro Guzman, revealed a new tattoo in honor of his son, Lesandro ‘Junior’ Guzman-Feliz, at the 15-year-old’s wake on Monday, and also posted it on Facebook alongside a moving tribute

Guzman wrote in the Facebook post: ‘I love you. You are everything I ever had and I will always have, since you haven’t left me, my guy. I love you. Rest in peace, my king, my warrior. I will never forget you, Papi’

Junior was stabbed to death outside a Bronx bodega Wednesday in what is believed to be a tragic case of mistaken identity. He is seen wearing a jacket for the NYPD ‘Explorers’ – a program for youngsters who want to join the police. His father, Lisandro, is pictured on the right on April 17

Leandra Feliz and Lisandro Guzman are pictured holding a sign at their son’s wake outside the R.G. Ortiz Funeral Home in the Bronx on Monday

The crowd at Monday’s wake outside of R.G. Ortiz Funeral Home chanted ‘Justice for Junior’ and ‘Close the Bodega Down’ as others held a candle lit vigil outside the crime scene.

The innocent teenager’s mother Leandra Feliz wore a t-shirt with her son’s face on it and thanked everyone for attending, saying that her ‘heart is broken’.

‘He was a sweet kid with a very good heart,’ she said to throngs of mourners who wrapped around two blocks as she and his father held a sign that read ‘Save our Streets’ ‘#JusticeforJunior’ and ‘#StoptheViolence’.

‘I want to say thank you to everyone. The police are doing a great job with the arrests and I hope that they continue to go to the end and find all of the people who were involved,’ his mother told the crowd.

The family may be getting the justice their seeking as a seventh man was arrested Monday.

Kevin Alvarez, 19, was arrested for murder, gang assault and manslaughter along with six other men who are expected to appear in front of a judge on Tuesday to be expedited to New York State to face charges in the teen’s death.

Those men are 21-year-old Jose Muniz of Paterson, New Jersey; 21-year-old Jose Taverez, 18-year-old Manuel Rivera, 21-year-old Danel Fernandez, and 24-year-old Santiago Rodriguez of the Bronx; and 24-year-old Joniki Martinez of Freeport, New York.

Local authorities arrested the six men after raiding a local home known as a hangout spot for the Dominican gang Trinitarios suspected in the murder, around 2pm on Sunday.

It comes as new surveillance video from inside the bodega emerged showing the teen’s final moments as he returns to the store he was originally dragged from and begs for help before being kicked out by employees.

‘He tried to run into the store because he thought he’d be safe. They dragged him from the store like a dog,’ the victim’s sister Genesis Collado-Feliz, 17, told the New York Post.’They were grown men and he was only 15.’

New video has emerged showing the teen being kicked out of the store he was first dragged from as he begged for help before the brutal attack on Wednesday

Thousands attended Junior’s wake on Monday, where they chanted ‘Justice for Junior’ and held up banners condemning violence

Mourners grieve at Lesandro Guzman-Feliz’s wake outside the R.G. Ortiz funeral home in the Bronx on Monday

The latest video shows Guzman-Feliz frantically stumble into the bodega in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx and throw his body across the counter.

Two men, one behind the counter and another near the teen, point for him to exit the store.

He stays only for five seconds before running out and fleeing to the hospital just a block down the road.

But he didn’t make it inside and was pronounced dead at the entrance.

Other surveillance videos have emerged, both from inside and outside of the bodega, which show the moment the teen was dragged out of the store by gang members before being stabbed to death.

The tragic footage has shocked the internet and sparked protests against gang violence.  

The frenzied attack took place outside Zesarina Grocery located on East 183rd Street in the Belmont section.

Police said the killing was ‘a case of mistaken identity over a sex tape’.

Mourners share a moment of silence during a prayer by Rev. Robert Rice, a clergy liaison with the 30th Precinct, during Monday’s wake

The scene outside of the bodega where Lesandro ‘Junior’ Guzman-Feliz was killed on Wednesday is pictured during Monday’s wake

An aerial shot showing hundreds of mourners waiting to enter the teen’s wake in the Bronx on Monday 

People left candles and other mementos at a memorial in front of the bodega where he was killed

Lesandro’s mother wore a t-shirt with her son’s face on it as she addressed the crowd and called for justice

A florist delivers flowers to the service which saw lines of mourners gathering around the block

NYPD Police Commissioner James O’ Neil, left, talks to NYPD Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea, outside of the wake 

Strangers, friends and families came to mourn the teen who planned to be a cop when he was older

The young girl in the sex video that promoted the murder has now been receiving threatening messages on social media, according to police. 

The New York Post reported that the 15-year-old girl is under NYPD police protection after receiving messages on Snapchat, Facebook and Instagram, referring to her as a ‘whore’ and blaming her for Guzman-Feliz’s death. 

The girl was also enrolled in the NYPD Explorers program with the murdered teen.

Police believe that the victim resembles a young man who raps in a video that shows the girl having sex in the background – and she is believed to be related to members of the Trinitarios gang. 

Video of the killing posted by Facebook user Riichy Rich Friday shows the pack of men forcibly dragging Guzman-Feliz by the hood of his jacket out of the bodega and frantically stabbing and slashing him with a machete before fleeing on foot.

After a few seconds, Guzman-Feliz was seen standing on the street corner with blood pouring from a wound in his neck.

He then was seen running across the street, heading towards the nearby St Barnabas Hospital. He collapsed a few blocks away, according to police, who said the teenager’s dying words were that he needed some water.

Kevin Alvarez, 19, appears at his arraignment and is charged with murder in the 2nd degree in the killing of Guzman-Feliz on Monday

The New Jersey house where the six suspects were captured on Monday before being taken to Passaic County jail 

Video showed the horrific the moment 15-year-old Lesandro Guzman- Feliz was dragged out of the bodega on Wednesday before he was stabbed to death by men associated with a Dominican gang

Another extremely graphic video posted on social media by a different user, shows Guzman-Feliz drenched in blood from head to toe, sitting on the sidewalk with his back against the wall.

A woman then tries to apply pressure to his neck before police officers and paramedics surround him. Guzman-Feliz succumbed to his injuries at the scene.

Officers said with his dying breath, the 15-year-old asked for some water, according to ABC 7 New York.

Investigators said he had told his mother he was going to the bodega a block away from his house to either repay a debt, or lend $5 to a friend. He never made it home that night.

The victim’s sister, Genesis Collado-Feliz, 17, said her younger brother loved playing video games and would come to her for advice about girls.

She said Lesandro had recently become friends with a group of older boys, but she insisted he was not in a gang.

‘He tried to run into the store because he thought he’d be safe. They dragged him from the store like a dog,’ Collado-Feliz told the New York Post. ‘They were grown men and he was only 15.’

Bronx-born rapper Cardi B also made a donation of $8,000 under her given name Belcalis Almanzar.

The singer took to her Instagram page over the weekend to express anger over the senseless killing, writing in part: ‘R.I.P. These Bronx streets are ruthless.’

After the attackers fled, the mortally wounded boy got up, with blood pouring from a wound on his neck

Surveillance video shows a group of suspects dragging him out of a bodega in The Bronx on Wednesday night

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