Suspect charged in fatal Bronx road rage incident

Police in the Bronx have arrested a man for allegedly stabbing a bystander during a driving rage incident in Morris Heights earlier this month.

Clement Boateng, 36, of 1820 Phelan Place, was arrested around 10 a.m. Thursday in the 46th Precinct for the stabbing death of 29-year-old Ronald Gomez-Mesa.

Police charged Boateng with second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter and fourth-degree illegal possession of a weapon.

According to law enforcement sources, the incident occurred outside a daycare center after a man and woman were involved in a minor traffic accident near 1809 Phelan Place in Morris Heights on July 2 at around 4:28 p.m.

After the drivers got out of their vehicles, they began arguing, police reported. The woman then called over a man who began arguing with the male driver and passersby at the scene of the accident.

When a physical altercation ensued, Boateng stabbed passerby Gomez-Mesa of 20 Richman Plaza in the chest.

Officers from the 46th Precinct arrived at the scene. EMS transported Gomez-Mesa, covered in blood, to Saint Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

According to an article in the New York Post, Boateng is a gang member associated with the River Park Towers Gang and has been arrested four times.