STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A 47-year-old Staten Island man was shot and stabbed near the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Wednesday, Sept. 20, according to the NYPD.
Steven Vargas was unconscious but responsive, with a stab wound to the chest and multiple gunshot wounds to the torso, when police officers arrived to the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and 4th Avenue at approximately 10 p.m., according to the NYPD's Deputy Commissioner of Public Information.
EMS transported Vargas to Brooklyn Hospital Center where he was pronounced deceased, police said.
The family declined to comment at their home in Rosebank on Friday night.
NYPD ASKS FOR ASSISTANCE IDENTIFYING SUSPECT
The NYPD is asking the public's assistance identifying the male in the surveillance footage in regard to the homicide.
According to the NYPD, the unidentified male is described as white, between 40 and 50 years old, and was last seen wearing a dark-colored jacked, dark-colored jeans, with dark-shoes and a white shirt.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS or for Spanish 888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at www.NYPDCrimeStoppers.com or texting tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.