Police are searching for a suspect who randomly slashed a 25-year-old man in the arm inside a Lower East Side train station in Manhattan Sunday evening.
According to law enforcement sources, the attack occurred on Oct. 20 just after 6 p.m. on the uptown F train platform of the East Houston and Second Avenue station in Lower Manhattan.
Officers from the 9th Precinct and Transit District 4 responded to the scene where the young victim was attacked with a knife slash to his left arm.
EMS brought the injured victim to NYC Health and Hospitals/Bellevue in stable condition.
Meanwhile, the perp fled the scene on foot in an unknown direction before police arrived.
The suspect, who remains at large, is described as a dark-skin man who was last seen wearing dark-colored clothing and a blue bandana.
So far, no arrests have been made, but the investigation is ongoing.
Year-to-date through Oct. 13, the 9th Precinct saw a significant drop in felony assaults–12.6%–from the same time period in 2023, according to the latest crime statistics.
However, the precinct reported two homicides this year — one more than the one that occurred in 2023 year to date, according to the data. Overall violent crime in the area is down nearly 27% during the same time comparison.
The incident comes just days after a 15-year-old boy was shot near the Wilson Avenue train station on the L line in Bushwick, Brooklyn, on Friday. The young victim, who was shot in the abdomen, was brought to Cohen Children’s Hospital at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in stable condition.
Anyone with information regarding either of these incidents can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, or on X (formerly Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are kept confidential.
