New York Daily News

Cops: We got man in B’klyn stab slay

- Thomas Tracy With Andrew Keshner

COPS HAVE arrested a 20-yearold man they say stabbed a teenager to death during a bloody brawl outside a Brighton Beach 7-Eleven, police said Tuesday.

David Medrano-Torres is facing manslaught­er and assault charges for the Saturday morning stabbing that left Giovanni Olivares, 18, dead and his cousin slashed in the face.

The cousins were shopping in the convenienc­e store on Brighton Beach Ave. near Coney Island Ave. about 2:30 a.m. when they got into an argument with MedranoTor­res and two other men, witnesses told police.

The fight spilled outside and Medrano-Torres, who knew Olivares, whipped out a knife and jammed it into the teen’s stomach, police said.

He then lunged at the victim’s 21-year-old cousin, slashing him from his ear to his neck.

Medics rushed the victims to Coney Island Hospital, where Olivares died. His cousin’s wound was not life threatenin­g.

A judge ordered MedranoTor­res held without bail following a brief arraignmen­t Monday night.

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