NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Police are looking to identify a would-be robber wanted in a stabbing that occurred after an argument at a Bronx subway station over the weekend.
At approximately 11:10 a.m. on Sunday, September 12, a 26-year-old man got into a verbal dispute with the suspect inside of the northbound D train in the Bronx, officials said.
When the train entered the Kingsbridge Road station in Kingsbridge Heights where both the victim and the suspect detrained and the dispute escalated into a physical confrontation on the platform, according to the NYPD.
Authorities said the suspect then displayed a knife and stabbed the victim in the chest and abdomen and also attempted to remove the victim's book bag.
The suspect fled the station topside to parts unknown.
The victim was transported via EMS to Saint Barnabas Hospital in critical condition and is currently listed in stable condition.
Police describe the suspect as a male approximately 5'4" tall, with a dark complexion, short black afro. He was last seen wearing a black leather jacket, a black t-shirt, and black pants.
Officials released a surveillance photo of the suspect, obtained from the Kingsbridge Road station.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
