AN NYC manhunt is underway for the 14-year-old suspected of fatally stabbing Tessa Majors after he allegedly escaped en route to the precinct.
Cops are searching for the boy reportedly involved in the brutal slaying of Majors, 18, last week in a Harlem park, according to NYPD sources.
MANHUNT UNDERWAY
A group of alleged teen muggers stabbed Tessa and left her for dead last Wednesday evening in what police are calling a "robbery gone wrong."
The Sun Online was informed on Monday night cops were still looking for the suspect in the bloody Morningside Park slaying.
A police source said the search for the teenager is still ongoing and "they're endeavoring to speak with persons of interest."
Cops were in touch with the 14-year-old's family but the middle schooler who supposedly wielded the knife has yet to be found, the NYPD source said.
But the Deputy Commissioner of Public Information (DCPI) declined to comment about whether the boy had bolted as reported in the New York Post.
"The investigation into the homicide is ongoing and active that's the information that I can share with you," a spokesperson said.
ON THE RUN
The Post stated that cops had spread out across across 125th Street to retrieve the alleged teen killer who was reportedly accompanied by an adult.
A "high ranking" source told the publication they were en route to speak with cops when the kid took off and bolted out of the car.
The person who had accompanied him reportedly informed police what had happened and the search commenced.
The kid is among three teenagers allegedly involved in the brutal killing of Tessa, a Barnard College student and aspiring journalist.
Police arrested and charged a 13-year-old, in connection with her death in the lobby of a building nearby the murder scene last Thursday.
His clothes reportedly clothes matched the description of Tessa's suspected killer and he allegedly admitted to the botched mugging but not stabbing her.
CONTROVERSY
Yesterday, NYPD sergeants' union head Ed Mullins claimed the Barnard College student was in the Upper Manhattan park buying weed.
Mullins made the comments while discussing NYC crime rates on John Catsimatidis' radio show, The Cats Roundtable.
But Tessa's family and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio blasted accused the union boss of victim shaming Tessa.
Her family told NBC: "The remarks by Sergeants Benevolent Association president Ed Mullins we find deeply inappropriate.
"They intentionally or unintentionally direct blame onto Tess, a young woman, for her own murder."
De Blasio also rushed to issue his support to the Mayors family, tweeting "we don't shame victims in this city."
The president of the NYPD Sergeants Benevolent Association have since said his words have been twisted and distorted by the NYC mayor.
In a letter to his members, Mullins said: "In no way did I intend to suggest on any level that some type of blame toward Tessa Majors was warranted."
Mullins explained he was trying to show how lax enforcement of petty crime in NYC leads to an increase in this sort of tragedy.
“The City administration continues to deceive its citizens into believing that it is a safe City," Mullins said.
"Yet the truth is that crime is on the rise, and neighborhoods which used to be safe are no longer safe.”
He also issued an apology to Tessa's family, according to the New York Post.
BRUTAL SLAYING
The controversy comes a week after the horrific slaying of the talented teenager from Virginia.
Tessa was walking down a flight of steps into Morningside Park in upper Manhattan when she was approached by the group of alleged muggers.
The men reportedly tried to rob her before one of them stabbed her multiple times in the stomach with a knife just after 5.30pm.
Tessa attempted to climb the steep walkway to a nearby Columbia University guard booth for help as the boys fled the bloody scene.
Columbia University Vice President for Public Safety James McShane said the security guard on duty came immediately to Tessa's aid when he saw she was injured.
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