New York Daily News

No bail for Junior slay susp

- BY MIKEY LIGHT AND ROCCO PARASCANDO­LA

The 14th suspect in the shocking mistakenid­entity murder of a Bronx teen was ordered held without bail Monday as a prosecutor described the details of a killing that continues to shock the city.

“I’m innocent," Frederick Then, 20, said in Spanish as he was led from the 48th Precinct stationhou­se Sunday after he was busted for the June 20 murder of Lesandro (Junior) Guzman-Feliz, 16.

Not so, said Assistant District Attorney Morgan Dolan at Then’s arraignmen­t Monday.

“This defendant is alleged to have pursued an individual known as Junior throughout the streets of the Bronx,” Dolan said. "There’s video surveillan­ce capturing his pursuit on foot of Junior that led to Junior going into the bodega, where he was pulled out and killed by members of the Trinitario­s gang."

Then is a member of that gang, Dolan said.

Junior, an aspiring NYPD detective, was stabbed and slashed to death, including with a machete.

Then is among a number of suspects who chased Junior into the Cruz and Chiky Grocery in Belmont and were not involved in the actual attack, authoritie­s said.

His lawyer, Larry Sheehan, had no comment.

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