NYPD Detective Released From Hospital After Multiple Stabbings in the Bronx

An NYPD detective stabbed seven times during a Bronx robbery last week has been released from Jacobi Medical Center in Morris Park, officials said. Detective Jose Mercedes was wheeled out of the hospital on Monday and then rose from his wheelchair as officers applauded. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said on X that Mercedes got up and walked out “on his own two feet,” and that the department stands behind him as he continues recovering. Tisch said the detective was off duty Friday afternoon when two suspects riding an e-bike allegedly tried to steal his gold chain as he emptied his car trunk in the Norwood neighborhood. Mercedes chased the men on foot for about two blocks before collapsing near East 206th Street and Rochambeau Avenue. The two suspects remain at large.