Detectives from the 52nd Precinct are searching for four individuals are said to be connected to the stabbing death of a young man in broad daylight on a street in the Bedford Park section of the Bronx.

Police were called to the side entrance of St. Mary’s Orthodox Church along Decatur Avenue off Bedford Park Boulevard at 7 p.m. on May 11. The victim was discovered lying on his back a few feet from a bicycle. Investigators say the victim, identified as Daniel Peña, was attacked in the courtyard of 2953 Decatur Ave. before escape his attacker. Peña, who lived a block away from where police had found him, was found stabbed at least two times in the torso, according to police.

One officer controlling the crowd allowed a friend of the victim to smack the dying man’s face, in a futile effort to keep him awake, as a pair of paramedics applied pressure and bandaged his wounds.

Peña was rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he died a short time later.

One source close to the investigation said Peña was true to the streets. “No Snitching” code, explained the source. “He was uncooperative with us before he passed away.”

Initial reports from the scene indicated that the suspects, described as four male Hispanics, fled a short distance on foot along Decatur Avenue, before possibly driving away in a tan Jeep Cherokee with a sunroof.

Peña’s death ranks as the first homicide of 2016 for the 52nd Precinct.