"The young man staggered down a city street as blood flowed from a puncture wound. The weapon used in the steely attack — an ice pick — was sticking out of his lower back. The scene was reminiscent of an era in the 1930s and ’40s when members of a notorious Brooklyn murder syndicate left a trail of bodies riddled with ice-pick holes. This attack, however, was set in modern-day New York City, specifically, on Aug. 21, at 4:20 p.m. in the Norwood section of the Bronx."

This lede is the best of the five posted because it is the most active and dramatic. It utilizes a bizarre historical connection to attract the readers' interests, and it plunges the reader into a gruesome scene immediately. It is the best written and most intriguing lede of the group.