YONKERS – Yonkers Police to 1 Schroeder Street at On Thursday, May 23, at approximately 12:30 AM on a report of a group fight with a male stabbed in the neck. Upon arrival officers located the victim. First responders rendered medical aid and transported the victim to a local area trauma center where he was placed on artificial life support and listed in grave condition.

Police report today that the victim, Kentrail Newton, 25, of Warburton Avenue in Yonkers, has died.

Detectives from the Major Case Unit and Crime Scene Unit responded to the scene, interviewing subjects and witnesses, reviewing surveillance video, and processing forensic evidence. Investigation has yielded that the victim and a group on Schroeder Street, who were known to each other, engaged in a dispute that escalated into violence when a suspect emerged from the group and allegedly struck out at the victim with a sharp instrument causing severe injury to the victim’s neck; the victim collapsed at scene and the suspect fled the area. Investigators are working the case and actively developing information in effort to identify the perpetrator and effect an arrest.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to contact the Yonkers Police Detective Division at (914) 377-7724. All calls will remain confidential. Anonymous tips can be sent by texting the key word YPD plus the tip to 847411. Anonymous tips can also be sent to us directly through the Yonkers PD Tips app which can be downloaded for free to any Apple or Android device.