Crime & Safety
Man Who Stabbed Teen In Harlem Wanted For Gunpoint Robberies: NYPD
Donovan Dixon is accused of stabbing a teen last month and committing several gunpoint robberies in Harlem, police say.
EAST HARLEM, NY - Authorities are seeking the whereabouts of a man accused of stabbing a 16-year-old and committing multiple gunpoint robberies in the Harlem area.
The accused, identified by police as Donovan Dixon, allegedly stabbed the teen in the shoulder/neck area following a dispute on Sept. 28 about 6:20 p.m. outside 74 East 116 St., police said. The assailant fled the scene shortly thereafter.
The teen suffered a large puncture wound and was rushed to NYC Health and Hospitals/Harlem in critical but stable condition.
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Dixon is “known to the department” and is wanted for separate gunpoint robberies in East and Central Harlem, police said.
Anyone with information in regard to the 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).
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