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Fordham Manor: 31-Year-old Man Slashed, Stabbed on West Kingsbridge Road

COUTURE GROOMING, INC, located at 54 West Kingsbridge Road, was the site of a verbal dispute that escalated into a stabbing on Monday, July 24, 2023. 
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Police say a 31-year-old man was stabbed and slashed on West Kingsbridge Road in Fordham Manor after a verbal dispute began inside a beauty parlor.

 

Police said officers from the 52nd Precinct were called to Couture Grooming, Inc., located at 54 West Kingsbridge Road, at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, July 24.

 

They said an unidentified victim was stabbed and slashed on the buttocks, face, and calf on the street moments after a verbal dispute began inside the location between two “unidentified individuals.”

 

Police continue to investigate. A man answering the phone at Couture Grooming Inc. later told Norwood News, “We don’t know anything about that, sadly.”

 

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