Fight At West Vil Construction Site Ends With Stabbing, Arrests: NYPD

WEST VILLAGE, NY — A bloody fight between plumbers ended with one of them stabbed and both arrested inside a West Village construction site on Thursday morning, police and officials said.

Shamar Atkinson, 28, was charged with attempted first degree assault, second degree assault and criminal possession of a weapon after police said he stabbed a fellow 31-year-old plumber several times, according to an NYPD spokesperson and the filed criminal complaint.

Atkinson, a Brooklyn resident, and the stabbing victim both work as plumbers at 144 Barrow St., a seven-story hotel and residential development currently under construction near the Hudson River, officials said.

A police spokesperson originally told Patch that the two were strangers to each other, but a criminal complaint filed after Atkinson was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court late Friday clarified that the two were both employed as plumbers at the site.

The two plumbers got into some sort of argument at about 9 a.m. on Thursday, and it soon became physical, police said.

According to the criminal complaint against Atkinson, the fight was captured on camera.

After the 31-year-old plumber punched Atkinson in the head, Atkinson pulled out a sheetrock knife and stabbed him in the left lower back and left thigh, the complaint states.

The man was rushed to the hospital where he was given sutures, the complaint says.

Prosecutors also requested a full temporary restraining order — aside from incidental contact at work — which was granted.

The 31-year-old victim was also arrested for punching Atkinson in the head and was given a desk appearance ticket, prosecutors said.

His case has not been arraigned yet and officials have not released his name.

This story was updated with information from Atkinson's criminal complaint following his arraignment on Friday evening.