Man stabbed to death in Bronx homeless shelter

A man was stabbed to death in a Bronx apartment building on Sunday afternoon, police said.

Shortly after 2:15 p.m., officers were called to the building on Landing Road near the Major Deegan Expressway in University Heights, police said.

When they arrived there, they discovered 25-year-old Eric Worrell with a stab wound to the neck.

Paramedics rushed him to St. Barnabas Hospital, but he could not be saved.

Police believe Worrell was attacked during an escalating argument.

A man living in the building, who identified himself only as Terrel, told the Daily News that both Worrell and his attacker also lived there.

“He didn’t deserve this,” he said of the victim. “He definitely didn’t deserve this.”

According to Terrel, the victim was the father of small children, but he did not know how many.

“He kept to himself,” Terrel said of the slain man. “He didn’t cause any trouble for anyone.”

“It’s a sad situation,” he added.

There were no immediate arrests.

Since 2018, the building has been operated by the Bowery Residents’ Committee, which manages homeless shelters and social housing.

The mixed-use building houses a 200-bed homeless shelter and 135 affordable housing units, according to the organization’s website.