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Fordham Manor: Man Stabbed during Jerome Avenue Robbery

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Police are looking for the assailant who stabbed a 57-year-old male victim in the abdomen during a robbery in the Fordham Manor section of the Bronx.

 

According to police, the incident was reported at 4:14 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 26, at the corner of Jerome Avenue and West 192nd Street. The suspect approached the victim from behind and removed a chain from his neck at which point, a struggle ensued. After stabbing the victim and causing a laceration to his stomach, the suspect fled northbound into St. James Park.

 

No arrests have been made and no description of the suspect was immediately available.

 

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 CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

 

All calls are strictly confidential.

 

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