Bronx stabbing: 29-year-old man stabbed to death during road fight in Morris Heights

MORRIS HEIGHTS, Bronx (WABC) — Police continued to investigate Wednesday morning the apparent fatal stabbing of an innocent bystander to a road rage incident in the Bronx.

Ronald Gomez-Mesa, 29, was killed after being stabbed in the chest near a daycare in Morris Heights on Tuesday.

The incident began around 4:30 p.m. at West Tremont Avenue and Phelan Place, where two drivers got into a collision, but what should have been an easy resolution ended in bloodshed.

Police said a woman, one of the drivers involved, got out of her car armed with a bat.

Police then claim she called her boyfriend to the scene.

He appeared as a group of passers-by looked on, some recording on their phones.

Police said a man on a scooter threw a bottle at the angry couple and fled.

That's when, police say, the driver's boyfriend pushed another passerby to the ground.

Police say Gomez-Mesa, an innocent man, intervened.

Police say the suspect chased him and stabbed him in the chest.

Gomez-Mesa collapsed outside a nearby daycare.

Police spent the night collecting evidence from the scene, including a knife.

Candles are now placed in his memory.

So far, no arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.

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