Jamaica Man Arrested In Queensbridge Teen's Fatal Stabbing: Cops

SOUTH JAMAICA, QUEENS — Police arrested a Jamaica man in connection with the fatal stabbing of a teenage girl last week.

Tyler Caldwell, 20, faces charges of conspiracy and criminal facilitation for the slaying of Queensbridge Houses resident Talasia Cuffie in South Jamaica, the NYPD said Friday.

Queensbridge Houses resident Talasia Cuffie, 17, was walking along 166th Street near Foch Boulevard just before 10 p.m. on Nov. 15 when she was stabbed multiple times in the stomach, police said.

EMS rushed her to Jamaica Hospital, but she couldn't be saved.

Cuffie, who was affectionately known as "LayLay," had been on her way to get something to eat when she met her death, according to a GoFundMe campaign started in her honor.

She was reportedly the cousin and godsister of 14-year-old Aamir Griffin, who died on Oct. 26 after he was hit by a stray bullet while practicing basketball at the Baisley Park Houses. She had once lived with Griffin's family and moved back in with them to comfort them after his slaying, the New York Daily News reported.