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Teen Mourned After Being Stabbed To Death In Queens

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- A Queens community was in mourning Sunday night, after a teenager was found stabbed to death.

A makeshift memorial sprang up at 148-25 89th Ave. in the Jamaica section of Queens, where Aaron Jefferson, 18, was killed the night before.

Jefferson was found unconscious and unresponsive at the location with a stab wound to his back around 10:20 p.m. Saturday, police said.

He was taken to Jamaica Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

As of Sunday night, there were no arrests in the case and the investigation continued.

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