Crime & Safety
Man Fatally Stabbed In UWS Building, Arrest Made: NYPD
Officers found the fatally wounded man inside a staircase of a West 97th Street Wednesday, police said.
UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — A man was stabbed and killed Wednesday evening inside an Upper West Side building, police said.
Officers found the man with fatal chest wounds on a stairwell inside 316 W. 97th St., between Riverside and West End Avenue, just after 7 p.m., police said.
The Upper West Side address is home to the Yale Hotel, the Groutman NYC tile contractor, and residential apartments.
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The man was rushed to Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
A resident of the building, Michael Perkins, 60, was taken into custody from the scene, police said.
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Perkins was charged on Thursday with murder, assault, and criminal possession of a weapon, police added.
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