Photo courtesy of the NYPD
The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached photos who they said is sought in connection to an assault that occurred in the Kingsbridge Heights section of The Bronx.
Police said that on Sunday, April 13, at around 3.27 p.m. at the intersection of Jerome Avenue and West Kingsbridge Road, an unidentified person approached a 29-year-old male victim and slashed him in the face with a cutting instrument.
Photo courtesy of the NYPD
“The unidentified individual fled on foot, traveling northbound on Jerome Avenue,” a police spokesperson said. “The victim sustained a laceration to the face and was transported by EMS to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition.”
As reported, the NYPD is also asking for the public’s help identifying three people sought in connection to a separate assault (slashing), also to the face, that occurred in Williamsbridge.
Photo courtesy of the NYPD
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.
All calls are strictly confidential.
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