West Village stabbing: Multiple people injured in attack near NYC’s Magnolia Bakery
Suspect quickly detained according to reports
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A suspect is in custody after several people were injured in a stabbing near The Magnolia Bakery on Bleecker Street in Manhattan’s West Village, according to a report.
A 911 call came in reporting an incident at W 11th St & Bleecker St, the Citizen website stated at 9.58am on Thursday morning.
First responders arrived at the scene to attend to several stabbing victims with non-life-threatening injuries and officers called a Level 1 Mobilization and request for additional units as the search for the suspect expanded.
Officers said that the suspect was a Black man wearing a gold chain and a navy blue shirt who fled the scene in the direction of an E train station, according to the site, which stated at 10.27am that officers reported having detained the suspect.
Eli Klein, an art dealer and publisher according to his bio on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, wrote shortly before 10am on Thursday that “Someone was just attacked in what looked like a stabbing a few feet away from me and my baby girl here in Manhattan’s West Village. NYC really needs to take broader steps to get violent criminals off of the streets”.
Stabbing reported in New York’s West Village
A suspect is in custody after several people were injured in a stabbing near The Magnolia Bakery on Bleecker Street in Manhattan’s West Village, according to a report.
A 911 call came in reporting an incident at W 11th St & Bleecker St, the Citizen website stated at 9.58am on Thursday morning.
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Eyewitness posts account to Twitter
Art dealer Eli Klein saw part of the incident as it unfolded.
Someone was just attacked in what looked like a stabbing a few feet away from me and my baby girl here in Manhattan’s West Village. NYC really needs to take broader steps to get violent criminals off of the streets.
He adds:
Looks like he just went on to stab more people, unless this is a different criminal, which wouldn’t surprise me. My description of the attacker I saw is: Black, male, 30s, 5’10, gray outfit.
A 911 call came in reporting an incident at W 11th St & Bleecker St, the Citizen website stated at 9.58am on Thursday morning.
First responders arrived at the scene to attend to several stabbing victims with non-life-threatening injuries and officers called a Level 1 Mobilization and request for additional units as the search for the suspect expanded.
Several injured in stabbing outside Magnolia Bakery in New York’s West Village
A suspect is in custody after several people were injured in a stabbing near The Magnolia Bakery on Bleecker Street in Manhattan’s West Village, according to a report.
A 911 call came in reporting an incident at W 11th St & Bleecker St, the Citizen website stated at 9.58am on Thursday morning.
First responders arrived at the scene to attend to several stabbing victims with non-life-threatening injuries and officers called a Level 1 Mobilization and request for additional units as the search for the suspect expanded.
Officers said that the suspect was a Black man wearing a gold chain and a navy blue shirt who fled the scene in the direction of an E train station, according to the site, which stated at 10.27am that officers reported having detained the suspect.
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Several injured in stabbing outside Magnolia Bakery in New York’s West Village
‘Someone was just attacked in what looked like a stabbing a few feet away from me and my baby girl,’ witness says
‘NYC really needs to take broader steps to get violent criminals off of the streets'
Eli Klein, an art dealer and publisher according to his bio on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, wrote shortly before 10am on Thursday that “Someone was just attacked in what looked like a stabbing a few feet away from me and my baby girl here in Manhattan’s West Village. NYC really needs to take broader steps to get violent criminals off of the streets”.
“Looks like he just went on to stab more people, unless this is a different criminal, which wouldn’t surprise me. My description of the attacker I saw is: Black, male, 30s, 5’10, gray outfit,” he added in reference to the Citizen report.
‘It happened so close, it was 10, 15 feet away'
The 45-year-old told the Daily Mail that he was walking with his wife and child when the attack occurred, saying that he heard the suspect shout “I’m going to get you” in addition to the N-word. He added that he wasn’t sure if the suspect and the victim in the stabbing he witnessed, also a man, knew each other.
“I just saw the attack and then, because I am with my baby and wife, we just scurried away right. It happened so close, it was 10, 15 feet away and we were on the same side of the sidewalk,” he told the outlet. “Normally I would stop to help the guy or take a picture of the suspect and give it to the police but in this instance, I had my baby with me, we just ran, we didn’t wait.”
‘It’s unfortunate and it is scary'
Mr Klein said that he has lived in New York his whole life and that crime is on the rise.
“We’ve seen a steady decrease since whenever it was, decades ago, but unfortunately the decrease has stopped,” he told the Mail. “It’s not like it was in the 1980s or the early 90s, when it was much worse than this, but you want things to keep getting better and the improvement, the overall trajectory, has stopped.”
“It’s unfortunate and it is scary. It is heading in the wrong direction,” he added.
Shirtless man slashes two people with scissors in Greenwich Village
An investigation has been launched after police say a man cut at least two people with scissors in Greenwich Village on Thursday.
The suspect was shirtless when he approached one of the victims and slashed him in the neck at about 9.30am at Christopher and Hudson streets, according to ABC7.
The man ran off after suffering a minor injury. Police report that the suspect also attacked a 24-year-old man, slashing him in the right forearm. He refused medical attention.
Police later saw a shirtless man, 45, at the West 43rd and 8th Streets subway station. The suspect was identified by the second victim.
Charges will be pending awaiting a mental evaluation.
Police believe that the suspect didn’t know the victims ahead of the attack.
It’s unclear if this is connected to the event reported previously as the stabbing near the Magnolia Bakery.
NYC Council Member says ‘suspect is believed to have mental health issues'
Several injured in stabbing outside Magnolia Bakery in New York’s West Village
A suspect is in custody after several people were injured in a stabbing near The Magnolia Bakery on Bleecker Street in Manhattan’s West Village, according to a report.
A 911 call came in reporting an incident at W 11th St & Bleecker St, the Citizen website stated at 9.58am on Thursday morning.
First responders arrived at the scene to attend to several stabbing victims with non-life-threatening injuries and officers called a Level 1 Mobilization and request for additional units as the search for the suspect expanded.
Officers said that the suspect was a Black man wearing a gold chain and a navy blue shirt who fled the scene in the direction of an E train station, according to the site, which stated at 10.27am that officers reported having detained the suspect.
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Several injured in stabbing outside Magnolia Bakery in New York’s West Village
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