Ex-Boyfriend Stabbed Multiple Times By New Lover In Midtown: Police

MIDTOWN, NY — A man stabbed his girlfriend's ex-lover multiple times in Midtown after an argument escalated, according to police and reports.

On Thursday, March 9, at just before 10 p.m., two men were involved in a verbal dispute on West 41st Street near Dyer Avenue, police said.

According to the Daily News, the argument was between a man and his ex-girlfriend who was accompanied by her new love interest, a man police say goes by the name "Ronnie."

After the argument turned physical between the two men, Ronnie then pulled out a knife and stabbed the 21-year-old victim in the torso numerous times before fleeing to a nearby shelter on West 41st Street, according to police and the Daily News.

The stabbed victim was brought by EMS workers to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition, officials said.

Police released an image of a person sought in connection to the incident, writing that the man appears to be around 20-years-old and was identified by the recovering ex-boyfriend as Ronnie, according to the Daily News.

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).