Man, 22, fatally stabbed on Bronx street mourned as ‘hardworking,’ ‘loyal’ family man

A young antheral fatally stabbed successful vicious onslaught connected a Bronx thoroughfare was a tireless idiosyncratic whose decease devastated a household that’s mislaid 2 others to weapon violence, a comparative told the Daily News.

The household of Quadir Corbett, 22,  was reeling successful the aftermath of a deadly onslaught that near Corbett with aggregate stab wounds successful the chest, abdomen, backmost and limb adjacent E. 178th St. and Bryant Ave. successful West Farms astir 2:25 a.m. Tuesday morning. Qyadir’s uncle, Lylenell Corbett, 35, said his nephew was “loyal” and a “hard worker” who helped his parent with her occupation astatine the metropolis Department of Parks and Recreation, and helped look aft his small sister.

“He was a bully kid, precise astute and loyal,” the uncle said. “He was a large large member to his 11-year-old sister. He took attraction of her,” adding that Quadir alos helped retired “working for the parks section with his mom.”

The uncle besides recounted that calamity is nary alien to a household that’s mourned for 2 of the victim’s cousins who died aft weapon unit successful the city. One of the victim’s cousin, Tyron Corbett, 15, was changeable and killed successful 2005.

Another cousin, Luis Hawkins, 17 was changeable and killed astatine the West Farms bid presumption successful 2010 — changeable successful the thorax conscionable an hr aft Christmas arsenic helium was getting disconnected a Manhattan-bound No. 2 bid astatine the West Farms Square/E. Tremont Ave. halt connected Dec. 26 2010. Hawkins died astatine St. Barnabas Hospital. It was unclear astatine the clip what sparked the shooting, though investigators questioned 14 radical who were connected the bid with Hawkins.

“It was idiosyncratic firing into the assemblage successful some cases” the uncle said. “Somehow our household ever seems to get hit.”

Corbett was stabbed doubly successful the abdomen, erstwhile successful the back, 4 times successful the thorax and erstwhile successful the arm, a constabulary root said. Medics rushed the young man, who was successful captious condition, to St. Barnabas Hospital but helium could not beryllium saved.

“He was a gardener and a cleaner,” the uncle said. “It’s sad, conscionable sad. His parent is devastated, we person nary thought who did this and why,” the uncle added.

The stabber fled aft the bloodshed, and determination has been nary apprehension successful the case.

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