Javier Garcia, left and Camron Torres.
Around 9:30 p.m. March 30, Javier Garcia, 16, and his friend, 14-year-old Camron Torres, were on their way to pick up pizza near Central Avenue in the city of Dunkirk when they ran into another 16-year-old.
In an unplanned fight that ensued, Garcia was reportedly stabbed a total of three times as well as slashed across his chest by a knife he didn’t know the other youth was carrying.
With quick-thinking reflexes, Torres stayed by his friend afterward and took him to the nearest safe place he could find the Dunkirk Police Department. By this point, Garcia had almost lost a liter of blood.
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On Jan. 30, Jose Hernandez, 36, of Dunkirk was charged with second-degree criminal contempt.
On Feb. 1, Benjamin White-Shury, 23, of Dunkirk was charged with second-degree harassment and fourth-degree criminal mischief.
On Feb. 1, Christopher R. Steward, 36, of Fredonia was charged with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, operation of a motor vehicle with a suspended or revoked registration and no insurance.
On Feb. 1, Deborah L. Sikes, 34, Of Dunkirk was charged with unlicensed operator and leaving the scene of a personal injury accident.
On Feb. 2, Jose Hernandez-Mercado, 36, of Dunkirk was charged with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, inadequate lights and unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.