ICYMI: NYPD Releases Photo Of Suspect In Fatal Upper West Side Stabbing

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — The NYPD is asking the public to help identify a man wanted in connection with an Upper West Side stabbing that left a 24-year-old dead.

Police released a photo which shows the man walking down an unknown street. The man has been labeled a suspect in the fatal stabbing of 24-year-old Special Anthony Stewart. Stewart, an Upper West Side resident, was stabbed late Thursday night in front of La Nueva Victoria Restaurant on Broadway and West 95th Street, police told Patch. (For more Upper West Side news, click here to subscribe to Patch's daily newsletter and free, real-time news alerts.)

Stewart was taken to Saint Luke’s Hospital and pronounced dead. He lived on West 103rd Street, a few blocks north of the stabbing, police said.

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A manager at La Nueva Victoria told Patch that he knew somebody got stabbed in front of the restaurant but did not witness the crime because the restaurant was busy Thursday night.

No one had been arrested for the killing as of Monday morning, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) for Spanish. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) and entering TIP577. All tips are confidential.

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