Crime & Safety
Woman Stabbed By Silent Attacker While Taking Out Trash In Harlem: PD
A man didn't say anything before stabbing a woman in the shoulder in East Harlem, police said.
HARLEM, NY — A man stabbed a woman for no apparent reason who was taking out her trash in East Harlem, police said on Wednesday.
Around 8 p.m. on March 21, a 32-year-old woman was taking out her garbage from a building near East 102nd Street and Lexington Avenue, when a man appeared, and without saying a word, stabbed her with a knife in the shoulder, police said.
He then ran away toward Lexington Avenue, police added.
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The woman was rushed to Mount Sinai in serious, but stabled condition, police said.
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).
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