CORONA, Queens (PIX11) --- A 22-year-old man was stabbed to death during a botched robbery in Queens early Monday morning, according to police and sources.
The suspect allegedly attacked Anderson Archila-Martinez while trying to steal his bike near Junction Boulevard and Roosevelt Avenue in Corona at around 12:45 a.m., police and sources said.
Archila-Martinez was stabbed in the abdomen and rushed to the hospital but could not be saved.
The suspect is in police custody but has not yet been charged, according to the NYPD.
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