NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Police are searching for a suspect wanted in connection with the stabbings of three people, one fatally, who were sleeping on Manhattan benches.
On July 5, around 3:09 a.m., a 34-year-old man was stabbed to death while laying on a bench opposite of 374 West 11 St. on the Hudson River Park walkway. The victim, whose name has not yet been released, was stabbed in the upper right abdomen. He was taken to NYC Health and Hospitals/Bellevue where he was later pronounced dead, police said.
Three days later, a 59-year-old man was stabbed in the abdomen while he was lying on a bench at Madison Avenue and East 49th Street around 10 p.m. He was taken to New York Presbyterian/ Weill Cornell Medical Center in stable condition.
On Monday, another person was stabbed. This time, the victim, a 28-year-old man, was lying inside of Stanley Isaac Playground at 95-95 FDR Dr. when he was stabbed in the abdomen. He was taken to Metropolitan Hospital 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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