Video: Teenager Stabbed on East Williamsburg Street

EAST WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN — A teenaged male was attacked and stabbed by an unidentified suspect (pictured above and in the video below) on an East Williamsburg street Sunday night, the New York Police Department (NYPD) said.

The unidentified male suspect (in the following video) approached the 18-year-old victim from behind and punched in the face before stabbing the victim in the left side of his torso on Sunday, Oct. 9, at 7:45 p.m., near the intersection of Graham Ave. and Grand St., NYPD said.

The suspect fled on foot and is describe as an 18-year-old male standing five-foot-eight-inches tall and weighing 170 pounds, NYPD said.

Emergency responders transported the victim to Elmhurst Hospital and he's in stable condition, police said.

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).

The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

Lead image and video courtesy of NYPD.