An off-duty NYPD detective was brutally stabbed and slashed seven times during a brazen robbery in the Bronx Friday afternoon, law enforcement sources said.
Jose Mercedes was ambushed when the e-bike-riding duo approached him and tried to snatch the cop’s gold chain while he was clearing out the trunk of his car around 1:40 p.m. at East 206th Street and Rochambeau Avenue in Norwood, the sources and the NYPD said.
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