‘Junior’ Murderer Attacks Rikers Correction Officer: Source

One of the men convicted in the brutal machete slaying of 15-year-old Lesandro "Junior" Guzman-Feliz last week was involved in an attack against a correction officer at Rikers Tuesday night, a source tells NBC 4 New York.

Jose Muniz, convicted as being the culprit with the machete who attacked Guzman-Feliz in a Bronx bodega last summer, left the officer he jumped at Rikers with a dislocated shoulder, the source says.

After a weeks-long trial filled with emotional testimonies, chilling revelations and graphic photos, Muniz was among the five defendants who were found guilty of murder in first and second degree, as well as conspiracy and gang assault charges last Friday in connection to the Guzman-Feliz murder.

Muniz was heard saying "Trinitarios to the day I die" as he left the courtroom following the guilty verdicts.

The case grabbed the attention of New Yorkers and across the nation, given that the brutal machete killing of the 15-year-old boy that took place inside a Bronx bodega in the summer of 2018 was captured on surveillance.

Video showed the boy being dragged outside the bodega and set upon by a gang of men who hacked at him as he struggled to defend himself. Ultimately, he was slashed in the neck and died after running to a hospital three blocks away.

Investigators say the group mistook Guzman-Feliz, who was not affiliated with any gang, for a member of the rival fraction of the Trinitarios gang. In total, more than a dozen suspects have been arrested in connection to the killing. Nine others charged in the killing are awaiting trial.

The news of the violent attack on the correction officer comes ahead of a scheduled press conference in which the president of the Correction Officers' Benevolent Association, Elias Husamudeen, will talk about the string of attacks against correction officers in recent weeks and seek the Department of Correction to immediately implement new safety measures to increase security in the city's jails.

The source also tells NBC 4 New York that Wednesday morning a femal correction officer was the latest official to be jumped on Rikers by an inmate inprisoned for rape who tried to strangle her.

NBC 4 New York reached out to the Department of Correction for comment. 

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