Perp Knifes Teenage Boy In Neck At Crown Heights Subway Station: NYPD

BROOKLYN, NY — Police are looking for a man who slashed a teenage boy in the neck outside of a subway station in Crown Heights on Friday night, New York City Police Department officials said.

According to the NYPD, the perpetrator and the 19-year-old boy were in a verbal dispute while exiting the Utica Avenue subway station on Eastern Parkway and Schenectady Avenue at 9:47 p.m. on Friday when the perpetrator pulled out a knife and slashed the boy on the right side of his neck.

Emergency responders rushed the boy to NYC Health and Hospitals/Kings County in stable condition, and the unknown perpetrator ran off, heading eastbound on Eastern Parkway, police said.

There have been no arrests yet, but the investigation is underway, cops said.

Police said anyone with information about this incident can call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

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