Crime & Safety
Man Stabbed Twice in Stomach, Slashed in Union Square: NYPD
Police are looking for a suspect after two men got into a verbal dispute and one was stabbed in the stomach.
UNION SQUARE, NY — A man walking through Union Square was stabbed twice in the abdomen Monday night, according to police.
The 23-year-old man got into an argument with a stranger on Union Square West between 14th and 15th streets at 9 p.m. when the suspect pulled a knife and stabbed him twice in the stomach and slashed him on his side, police said.
The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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The suspect is described as a male with brown eyes and black hair, according to police.
Anyone with information in regards 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).
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