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NYC man stabbed to death during fight sparked by request for a cigarette

A 24-year-old man was stabbed to death in Hell’s Kitchen during a fight that erupted when he stopped to ask a stranger for a cigarette, police said.

The victim, identified as Carlos Rosario, was walking with his girlfriend in front of a parking garage on West 42nd Street near Ninth Avenue just after 11 p.m. Tuesday when he spotted a group of three guys and requested a smoke.

The question sparked an argument — that ended with one of the men knifing Rosario in the torso, according to cops.

A pair of headphones at the scene where a 24-year-old man was stabbed to death on Tuesday. Seth Gottfried
Police arrived at the scene where a 24-year-old man was stabbed to death on Tuesday. Seth Gottfried
No arrests have been made in the fatal stabbing of a 24-year-old man in Hell’s Kitchen on Tuesday. Seth Gottfried

Rosario, of Brooklyn, was rushed to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. 

No arrests have been made.