THE NYPD IS asking for the public’s help identifying and locating the person seen in the attached video who they say is sought in connection with an assault that occurred in the vicinity of East Gun Hill Road and Bronxwood Avenue in the Williamsbridge section of The Bronx on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. Screenshot courtesy of the NYPD
The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying and locating the person seen in the attached video who they say is sought in connection with an assault that occurred in the Williamsbridge section of The Bronx.
Police said that on Friday, Oct. 25, at around 4.30 p.m., the victim, a 14-year-old male, was on the MTA Bx8 bus in the vicinity of East Gun Hill Road and Bronxwood Avenue when an unknown individual displayed a cutting instrument and stabbed the 14-year-old male victim in the left side of his head.
“The victim also sustained a laceration to the head and was transported by EMS to NYC Health+Hospitals/Jacobi in stable condition,” a police spokesperson said. “The individual fled the location on foot to parts unknown.”
Anyone with information in regard to 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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