A man was stabbed about one block from Madison Square Garden late Wednesday afternoon hours after a tourist was slashed that same morning on the Upper West Side in an apparently unrelated incident, authorities said.
According to police sources, an unidentified man was walking on 34th Street and 8th Avenue at around 4:32 p.m. on Nov. 20 when he allegedly got into an argument with another man.
The dispute ended with the suspect brutally stabbing the victim three times throughout the right forearm, lower back, and right leg, authorities said.
EMS rushed the victim to Bellevue Hospital for treatment; he is expected to survive.
The perpetrator is described as wearing black sweatpants and a black hat and was last fleeing northbound on 8th Avenue.
Police sealed off the area but soon had to respond to a woman allegedly suffering from an overdose in the bathroom of a McDonald’s on the same block.
EMS was forced to wheel her through the crime scene in order to transport her to a local hospital.
The incident occurred after a tourist was slashed across the face outside 114 West 86th St. at around 10:23 a.m. on Nov. 20.
No arrests have been made in either case and the investigation remains ongoing.
Anyone with information regarding the incident or the suspect’s whereabouts 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.
