Crime & Safety

Man Stabbed In The Chest While Walking In Prospect Park: Cops

A couple was walking in the park around 2:30 a.m. Thursday when a man attacked them, police said.

A couple was walking in the park around 2:30 a.m. when a man attacked them, police said.
A couple was walking in the park around 2:30 a.m. when a man attacked them, police said. (Kristin Borden/Patch)

PROSPECT PARK, BROOKLYN — Cops are searching for a man who attacked a couple walking in Prospect Park early Thursday.

The 37-year-old man and 28-year-old woman were walking along East Lake Drive inside the park around 2:30 a.m. when somebody approached them and stabbed the man in the chest, police said.

The man was taken to Kings County Hospital in stable condition, police said.

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Cops told the Daily News that the attacker was bald and between 25 and 35 years old. He was wearing a dark hoodie and grey pants at the time of the attack, police said.

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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