Subway rider stabbed with pocketknife on Midtown train; suspect sought

Police released video Tuesday of a man wanted for stabbing a subway rider in the stomach on a D train in Midtown
Police released video Tuesday of a man wanted for stabbing a subway rider in the stomach on a D train in Midtown. Photo credit NYPD

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Police released new video Tuesday of a man wanted for stabbing a subway rider aboard a train in Midtown Manhattan on Monday morning.

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The attacker, believed to be in his 50s, was harassing riders on a D train when the 27-year-old victim intervened, according to police.

The two men got into an argument as the train was rolling into the 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center station around 2:15 a.m.

As the dispute turned physical, the suspect took out a pocketknife and stabbed the straphanger in the torso, police said.

EMS responded and transported the victim to New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition.

The stabber left the train and fled the station, police said. Surveillance video appears to show him exiting a turnstile.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.

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