SUNNYSIDE, Queens (PIX11) – Police have identified the 17-year-old girl who was fatally stabbed outside of a Queens subway station Wednesday night.
Sara Rivera, of Queens, was found with a stab wound to her neck near the 46th Street-Bliss Street subway station in Sunnyside around 9:25 p.m.
The motive behind the stabbing was not immediately clear, police said. A person of interest was taken into custody at the Flushing-Main Street subway station, which is the end of the No. 7 subway line, according to authorities.
The person being questioned is a girl in her teens, sources told PIX11 News. It’s not known if the suspect and victim knew each other.
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