Saturday, September 21, 2024

Updated: Man stabbed in back exiting the L train at 1st Avenue

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Updated 9/23: Police have made an arrest in the case. Details here. The suspect, an East Village resident, is out on bail.

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According to the NYPD and media accounts, a 29-year-old man was stabbed in the back last night just before 9 by a stranger as he was exiting a Brooklyn-bound L train at the First Avenue stop. 

The Daily News reported the victim first thought he had been punched until he saw the blood. 

Per the News: "Police later described the possible attacker as 'an Asian man with a bag.'" 

In a follow-up story, amNY reported that when leaving the station, the victim "bumped into the suspect, who then engaged in a verbal argument with him." The suspect then stabbed the man and ran off. 

According to surveillance footage released by the NYPD, the suspect was wearing a white baseball cap, a white mask under his chin, a dark blue jacket with white lettering on the sleeves over a light blue shirt, dark pants, and blue-and-white sneakers.
EMTs took the victim to Bellevue, where he is in stable condition, ABC 7 reported.

Anyone with information that could help in the investigation is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). You may also submit tips online. All calls are strictly confidential.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

What in the world is going on? Now I've gotta watch my back just getting out of the goddamn L train?

Anonymous said...

14th Street, of course. Where is our promised mobile command unit for this troubled area?

Anonymous said...

The man who was arrested was released without bail ("supervised release"). Only in New York, among all 50 states, is a judge prohibited from considering dangerousness in deciding what to do with a suspect. Here we have a guy carrying three knives who attacks a stranger. Sounds dangerous to me and now I'll be sharing my subway stop with him again.