A New Rochelle man was found fatally stabbed inside of a Mount Vernon business.
Shortly before 11 pm, on Friday, July 22, 2022, Mount Vernon Police were called to New
Line Taxi, 72 East Third Street, for a report of a man stabbed. Initially, Mount Vernon Fire
Department and Empress Ambulance were dispatched to the location for an unresponsive
party. Upon their arrival it was determined that the unresponsive man was the victim of a
crime and requested Mount Vernon Police respond. First responders initially believed the
man was the victim of a gunshot wound to the chest, it was later determined that the man had
actually been stabbed. The victim was rushed to Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital where
he was pronounced dead upon arrival.
Through investigation it appears that the victim had been involved in an altercation with
another person in the rear of the taxi stand and that this altercation turned physical and
ultimately fatal. Mount Vernon Police Detectives are being assisted by the FBI Westchester
Safe Streets Task Force, Detectives from the Westchester County Police Department,
Detective Division, and Westchester County Police Real Time Crime Center.
Robert Higgins, a 56-year-old New Rochelle man, has been identified as the victim who was
found fatally stabbed inside of a Mount Vernon business.
After investigation, in the early morning hours of Sunday July 24th, 2022, Mount Vernon
Police detectives along with members of the FBI Westchester Safe Streets Task Force arrested
Rasheed Binns, a 41-year-old Mount Vernon man, outside his home on N. Bleeker St in
connection with the murder. He will be arraigned in Mount Vernon City Court on Monday
July 25th, 2022, on the charge of Manslaughter 1st degree. Leah Guy, a 38-year-old Mount
Vernon woman and Rasheed Binns fiancé, has also been arrested in connection with the
murder. She will be arraigned in Mount Vernon City Court on Monday July 25th, 2022, on
the charge of Hindering Prosecution 2nd deg.
Mount Vernon Police ask that anyone with information regarding this incident contact the
MVPD Detective Division at 914-665-2510, all calls will be kept confidential. You can also
submit an anonymous tip via our “Text-A-Tip” by texting “MVPD” and your tip to 847411.
