Two men arrested in stabbing death of Bronx brothers

Two men person been arrested successful the fatal stabbing of 2 brothers extracurricular a enactment successful the Bronx, constabulary announced Wednesday.

Melquiceded Grullon Cepeda, 27, and Nelson Quezada, 34, look charges of murder, manslaughter and transgression possession of a limb successful the brazen Oct. 13 stabbing deaths of brothers Hector, 24, and Leider Guevara Cubas, 27, a joined dada of a 4-year-old son.

The brothers, who worked successful construction, were astatine a enactment with their mom’s relative connected Stratford Ave. adjacent Westchester Ave. successful Soundview erstwhile their comparative decided to spell home. The brothers past went to a 2nd enactment down the block, wherever astir 4:50 a.m., they got into a combat with a radical of men that ended with some siblings stabbed, according to police. The brothers were rushed to Jacobi Medical Center but they could not beryllium saved.

Two men were fatally stabbed extracurricular a retail portion connected Stratford Ave. adjacent Westchester Ave. successful the Bronx connected Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024. (Theodore Parisienne for New York Daily News)

Cepeda was arrested Wednesday nighttime and Quezada was arrested Oct. 28, cops said. Cepeda faces further charges of pack assault.

“I privation them to bash an investigation. I privation justice,” Leider Guevara Cubas’ woman Merly told The News aft the deaths of her hubby and brother-in-law. “They near our full household devastated. It hurts each of our household and each of our household are heartbroken. They took 2 bully guiltless radical and 1 has a child. I privation the radical that did this to them to spell to jail.”