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Man Stabbed, Blood-Covered Suspect Seized In Englewood

A homeless drenched in blood and holding a knife was captured by Englewood police after he stabbed a fellow squatter in a vacant building, authorities said.

Suspect drenched in blood and carrying a knife was seized by Englewood police.

Suspect drenched in blood and carrying a knife was seized by Englewood police.

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The 44-year-old victim was expected to survive cuts to his hands, elbow, shoulder and foot, as well as an injury to the bridge of the nose, following the attack shortly before 1:30 p.m. Thursday, July 20, Detective Lt. Fred Pulice said.

The victim staggered out of the long-unoccupied building at 215 West Englewood Avenue near Lafayette Place and collapsed on the sidewalk, witnesses told responding officers, the lieutenant said.

He was taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center and was expected to survive, Pulice said.

Officers checked the building and found Melvin Zacarias Esquivel, 22, “covered in blood and holding a knife also covered in blood,” he said.

Dixon identified Zacarias as his attacker, Pulice said.

He said they’d been illegally squatting in the building when they got into an argument and Zacarias stabbed him.

Zacarias was charged with aggravated assault with deadly weapon, illegal weapons possession and criminal trespassing and sent to the Bergen County Jail to await a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack.

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