Arrest Made In Unprovoked Stabbing At 72nd Street Train Station

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — Police on Tuesday arrested a man who they say randomly stabbed a woman last week with a long knife at the Upper West Side 1, 2, 3 subway station on 72nd and Broadway.

The woman was buying a Metro Card when the man attacked from behind and stabbed her in the shoulder, according to police. The attack was random and unprovoked.

The woman was taken to a local hospital in stable condition.

"This suspect was apprehended today by eagle-eyed officers from NYPD Transit District 1 who spotted this suspect while on patrol in Manhattan," according to the NYPD News Twitter account.

Police previously released a frightening video of the suspect wielding a knife right before the assault.

WANTED for ASSAULT:

On 8/6, at 11:57AM, an unidentified male individual stabbed a 40-year-old female victim in her back while exiting the W 72nd St & Broadway station in Manhattan. Any info on him call/DM @NYPDTips at 800-577-TIPS. pic.twitter.com/mvC5DEFWzS
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) August 7, 2020

The 40-year-old man was arrested around 1 p.m. Tuesday and charged with assault, assault with a weapon, menacing and criminal possession of a weapon, a NYPD spokesperson told the NY Post.

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