Boy, 15, slashed in face with knife during robbery on Bronx street, attacker sought

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Photo credit NYPD

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- The NYPD on Monday released a photo of a suspect wanted for slashing a teen boy's face during a robbery on a Bronx street in April.

It happened at approximately 10:30 p.m. on Friday, April 14, in front of 1110 Boston Rd. in Morrisania,

According to police, the 15-year-old boy was approached by the suspect who then slashed him in the face with a knife and stole his cellphone before fleeing on foot.

The victim was transported by EMS to NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem in stable condition.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

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