Crime & Safety

Three Men Stab, Try To Rob 20-year-Old In Fresh Meadows: NYPD

The three men fled in a white Cadillac XT5, police said.

Three men stabbed and tried to rob a 20-year-old man in Fresh Meadows on Friday, police said.
Three men stabbed and tried to rob a 20-year-old man in Fresh Meadows on Friday, police said. (Courtesy of NYPD)

QUEENS — Three men stabbed and tried to rob a 20-year-old man in Fresh Meadows on Friday, police said.

A 20-year-old man parked his vehicle between 194 Street and 75 Avenue about 10:30 p.m. Friday before a man started talking to him from outside the car, the NYPD said.

The 20-year-old exited the car, two other people joined the man who started talking to him, and the three men attacked him before one of them started stabbing the man in the torso and arm, authorities said.

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The three men tried to remove the 20-year-old’s jacket, which had cash, but they gave up and fled in a white Cadillac XT5, police said.

The 20-year-old was taken to New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital with multiple wounds, the NYPD said.

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Police released images of the three men, described in their 20s with light complexions.

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). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

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