Crime & Safety
New Rochelle Teen Stabbed In Head After Not Sharing Pot: NYPD
The 19-year-old New Rochelle man was attacked in NYC after he refused to share his marijuana, according to the NYPD.
NEW ROCHELLE, NY — A 19-year-old New Rochelle resident, who was smoking marijuana in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village, was stabbed in the head after he refused to share, according to the NYPD and multiple reports.
Two men approached the teen and two women near the fountain towards the north side of the park around 2:30 a.m. Friday and asked for a hit, according to police and several reports.
After the teen refused, one of the men stabbed him on the left side of the head, police said.
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EMS personnel rushed the 19-year-old to Bellevue Hospital where officials say he is in stable condition.
According to WPIX, investigators believe the suspects and the victim knew each other and that the New Rochelle victim is not a student at nearby New York University.
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No arrests have yet been made since the two men, said to be in their 20s, fled the area, police said.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.
Patch's Gus Saltonstall contributed to this report.
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