Cops nabbed a 35-year-old bar bouncer Saturday for fatally knifing the first homicide victim of the year — a Nepalese immigrant who hoped to help orphan children in the new year, police sources and friends said.
Torrence Holmes was arrested at his Manhattan residence Saturday for the fatal stabbing of 29-year-old Tsering Wangdu during an early New Year’s Day brawl at a Queens bar. Holmes was charged with manslaughter, criminal possession of a weapon, and tampering with evidence.
Wangdu and his 30-year-old roommate were celebrating the New Year at KTM Bar and Lounge on Broadway near 76th St. in Elmhurst when patrons and bouncers began arguing around 4 a.m., cops said. Wangdu attacked Holmes first, according to police.
In the melee, Wangdu was stabbed in the leg and his roommate stabbed in the chest and face, cops said. Medics rushed the pair to nearby Elmhurst Hospital Center where Wangdu died.
Theodore Parisienne for New York Daily News
Tsering Wangdu and his 30-year-old roommate were celebrating the New Year at KTM Bar and Lounge on Broadway near 76th St. in Elmhurst when patrons and bouncers began arguing around 4 a.m.
Friends of the victim said at the time that he was “a peacekeeper all the time” and had hoped to sponsor a Tibetan orphan to bring them to America.
