Crime & Safety
Man Stabbed Multiple Times In Tompkins Square Park: Police
The attacker stabbed the man within the East Village park in both shoulders, both legs, chest, left arm, and right forearm, police said.
EAST VILLAGE, NY — A man was recently stabbed repeatedly throughout his body within Tompkins Square Park in the East Village, police said on Sunday.
The stabbing unfolded April 18 when a 35-year-old man got in an argument with another, unidentified man about 5:50 p.m. inside the park near East 7th Street and Avenue, police said.
The dispute escalated and the unidentified man stabbed the 35-year-old repeatedly in the left shoulder, right shoulder, chest, left arm, right forearm, left leg, left calf and right calf, police said.
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He was taken to Bellevue Hospital in critical but stable condition, police added.
NYPD released a photo on Sunday of the man wanted in connection to the knife attack. There have been no arrests.
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Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
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