Crime & Safety
1 Man Dead, 1 Wounded After Double Stabbing On Lower East Side: Cops
The man, in his 20s, was stabbed in his abdomen and later died at Bellevue Hospital; two are being questioned, cops say.
NEW YORK, NY — A man in his 2os died and a 19-year-old was wounded after a stabbing on Manhattan’s Lower East Side on Saturday night, a New York Police Department spokesman said.
Police received a 911 call at around 8:30 p.m. for a male shot on the 70 block of Norfolk Street, but officers instead found two men had been stabbed near Delancey Street, he said.
A 19-year-old man wounded on his back and a man in his 20s in his abdomen were taken by emergency medical services to Bellevue Hospital for treatment, according to the spokesman.
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Upon their arrival at the hospital, the man in his 20s succumbed to his injury, police said, adding that the 19-year-old is currently listed in stable condition.
Two males are in custody for questioning, though they have not been arrested, the spokesman said.
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The investigation remains ongoing.
Further details were not immediately available.
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