Crime & Safety

Man Stabbed Three Teenagers On Williamsburg Street, Police Say

Police are looking for the man who stabbed three teenagers after they got into a fight near Flushing Avenue and Broadway.

Police are looking for the man who stabbed three teenagers after they got into a fight near Flushing Avenue and Broadway
Police are looking for the man who stabbed three teenagers after they got into a fight near Flushing Avenue and Broadway (NYPD)

WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN — Police are looking for the man who stabbed three teenagers after a fight broke out on a Williamsburg street over the weekend.

The man got into a verbal dispute with a 16-year-old boy, 16-year-old girl and 17-year-old girl near the corner of Flushing Avenue and Broadway around 2 a.m. on Saturday, police said.

When the fight escalated, he took out a weapon and used it to stab all three teenagers.

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Police said he stabbed the boy in the back of the head and twice in his torso, the 16-year-old girl in her forearm and the 17-year-old girl in her torso. All three of the teenagers walked to Woodhull Hospital after the attack and are in stable condition, 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) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.

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