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NEW YORK (77WABC) — The NYPD is looking for a serial stabber is wanted in connection with a string attacks targeting homeless New Yorkers sleeping on city benches — including an attack that killed a 34-year-old man last week.
On Tuesday July 5, a 34-year-old man, lying on a bench near 374 West 11th Street near Hudson River Park was stabbed in his upper right abdomen with a sharp object shortly after 3 in the morning. EMS responded and transported the victim to NYC Health and Hospitals/Bellevue where he was later pronounced dead.
Police say the stabbing suspect fled northbound on the walkway on foot. Video surveillance shows the suspect riding a Citi bike shortly after the incident on West 11th and Hudson River Park.
Three days later, on July 8 at 10 p.m. near Madison Avenue and East 49th Street, a 59-year-old man was lying on a bench when an unknown male stabbed him in the abdomen. The injured man was taken to New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in stable condition.
The latest attack was on July 11th around 3:30 in the morning inside of 95-95 FDR Drive which is the Stanley Isaac Playground. Police say a 28-year-old man was lying inside of the park when she was stabbed in the abdomen by an unknown man. The injured man was transported to Metropolitan Hospital in stable condition.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
Police say all calls will be kept confidential.
