Boy, 18, Stabbed After School In Midtown, Police Say

MIDTOWN, NY — An 18-year-old boy was stabbed in the back on Monday afternoon in Midtown, New York City Police Department officials said.

According to the NYPD, at 3:02 p.m., authorities received a 911 call of a boy stabbed at West 56th Street and Tenth Avenue.

When cops arrived at the scene, they found a boy with a stab wound to his back, police said.

According to the New York Post,the attack happened near Independence High School, which was dismissing students, and the victim was from a different school 10 blocks away.

Medics rushed the boy to Mount Sinai Morningside in stable condition, police said.

The investigation is underway, and police said no arrests have been made yet.

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