Man Stabbed Outside UWS Gay Bar, Police Say

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — A man was stabbed outside of an Upper West Side gay bar early Tuesday morning, an NYPD spokesman said.

The man was standing outside of Suite, a gay bar on Amsterdam Avenue and West 109th Street, around 2:15 a.m. when he was approached by three unknown men, an NYPD spokesman said. One of the men stabbed the victim before all three fled the scene, an NYPD spokesman said.

The man was taken to the hospital and is likely to survive his injuries, police said.

Police are investigating the stabbing and have not caught any of the suspects, an NYPD spokesman said. The spokesman could not confirm information about the motive behind the stabbing.

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