Crime & Safety
Man Stabs Teen Who Didn't Give Him A Beer Near Battery Park, Police Say
Police say a man stabbed a 16-year-old boy for not giving him a beer on Saturday.
STATEN ISLAND FERRY TERMINAL, NY — A man stabbed a 16-year-old boy in the stomach after the boy refused to give him a beer on Saturday, police said.
Police say the man, who has not been identified, approached the 16-year-old at about 1:25 a.m. near the Staten Island Ferry Terminal. The man asked the teenager for a beer, and when the teen refused he stabbed the teen in abdomen with an unknown object, police said. The teenager was transported to the hospital for treatment.
Police are still searching for the man, and are asking for the public's help in identifying and locating him. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)
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WANTED: Black male, 30s, 5’7” 210lbs for stabbing a 16-yr-old near Whitehall St and South St, Lower #Manhattan. Call #800577TIPS. @NYPD1Pct pic.twitter.com/soFXgKW0VI
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) September 19, 2017
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