Crime & Safety

Teen-on-Teen Stabbing Aboard Brooklyn C Train

An unidentified teen girl, pictured below, allegedly stabbed a 13-year-old boy Wednesday night at Bed-Stuy's Ralph Avenue station.

Photos courtesy of the NYPD

BED-STUY, BROOKYLN — An argument between a teen boy and a teen girl aboard a Manhattan-bound C Train passing through Bed-Stuy Wednesday night ended in a bloody stabbing that sent the 13-year-old boy to a nearby hospital, according to the NYPD.

The girl, who police say is pictured in the photos above, "displayed a knife from her bag and stabbed the victim one time in his abdomen" as the subway pulled into the Ralph Avenue station around 6 p.m., police said in a news release.

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The boy and girl "know each other from the neighborhood," an NYPD spokesperson told Patch. However, the exact nature of their relationship is unclear.

Detectives described the teen stabbing suspect as a 14- to 16-year-old black girl who stands around 5-feet-5-inches tall and weighs around 130 pounds.

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She was last seen wearing a black leather jacket and light blue jeans, according to the NYPD.

The boy she allegedly stabbed was rushed from the Ralph Avenue station to a nearby hospital Wednesday night, where he was in stable condition, police said.

Anyone with information regarding the suspect or the crime is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). Spanish-speakers can call 1-888-57-PISTA. Tips can also be submitted online or by texting 274637, then entering TIP577.

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