Man Stabbed While Riding The Bus In Crown Heights: Cops

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN – Police are asking the public's help to identify a man who stabbed someone on an MTA bus earlier this month in Brooklyn.

The man was riding a B46 bus around 5:20 p.m. on March 5 when he went up to a 47-year-old man sitting on the bus and took out a knife and stabbed him in the neck, police said. The bus was near Sterling Place and Utica Avenue.

The 47-year-old was taken to Kings County Hospital, where he was treated and released.

The attacker fled the bus after the stabbing.

Police said the man has a heavy build and is bald. He was last seen wearing a brown jacket, black pants and carrying a red book bag. They released a surveillance photo taken from the bus.

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 Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.