A teenager has been nabbed for the murder of a man stabbed outside Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, police said Tuesday.
Noah Rentas, 18, is charged with killing 27-year-old Michael Arguy Hernandez on March 14.
“I’m overwhelmed,” the victim’s aunt, who raised, Hernandez, said Tuesday, minutes after receiving word of the arrest from cops. ““I’ve been praying every day, hoping they catch them. I’ve been praying a lot.”
Hernandez was stabbed numerous times in the abdomen about 9 p.m. outside a Barclays Center concert by J-Hope that was part of the BTS member’s solo tour.
Police said the victim got into an argument with four teen boys and was then stabbed. It wasn’t immediately clear what the argument was about or if Rentas is the one who allegedly stabbed Hernandez.
“I hope they catch everyone,” said the victim’s aunt, who asked that her name not be used. ” I hope this person finds it in his heart to let them know the reason why and what led to the people just hurting other people and to take someone’s life.”
The group fled, police said, and Hernandez walked away, only to collapse in the middle of Flatbush Ave. near Atlantic Ave.
“His last words was, ‘Please don’t let me die,’ ” the aunt told the Daily News at the time, relaying what police said to her. “I have not slept since I got this news.”
Hernandez worked as a security guard, said the aunt.
Rentas is charged with murder and weapon possession. He lives in South Slope, Brooklyn, according to cops.
“Maybe he can find God or something spiritually,” the victim’s aunt said of the suspect. “They ruined their own future and they’re young.”
Hernandez‘s funeral will be held Thursday.
“They should have never taken his life,” his aunt said. “He’s gone. We can’t get him back. Everyone, his family has just been hurt and mourning him. He’ll be our angel forever.”