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TikTok Dispute Spills Into Street as 22-Year-Old Charged in Fatal Bronx Stabbing
Police say a TikTok feud led to a street confrontation that left 17-year-old Jonathan Melo dead and brought murder charges against a 22-year-old suspect.
- Andrew Tollinche, 22, was charged Friday with murder in the stabbing death of Jonathan Melo, 17, following a verbal dispute Wednesday outside an apartment on Beach Avenue in the Bronx.
- Sources report that Melo and Tollinche had been antagonizing each other on TikTok before the attack, with neighborhood teens recently gathering outside the suspect's home, knocking on his door and calling him out.
- After the pair engaged in a verbal dispute outside the location, Tollinche allegedly retrieved a knife from his home and returned to allegedly stab Melo in the back as companions scattered.
- Tollinche faces charges of murder, manslaughter, and criminal possession of a weapon; he was additionally charged with possessing a sexual performance by a minor from a prior 2025 arrest.
- Wednesday's stabbing occurred amid a month of youth violence in New York City, which included an April 27 shooting on a Manhattan-bound train and the April 16 death of Jaden Pierre in a Queens park.
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TikTok dispute spills into street as 22-year-old charged in fatal Bronx stabbing
A dispute on social media spilled onto the street and, on Friday, a TikTok antagonist was charged in the fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old this week outside a Bronx apartment building.
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TikTok antagonist allegedly stabs 17-year-old to death on New York City street: Police
TikTok logo is displayed on a mobile phone screen for illustration photo. Krakow, Poland. On April, 20th, 2026. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — An alleged TikTok antagonist is accused of stabbing a 17-year-old to death outside his New York City apartment building, authorities said. Andrew Tollinche, 22, has been charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the killing ou…
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