A pre-dawn argument inside a Corona storefront left a 26-year-old man slashed in the neck early Saturday, and the attacker is still on the run, according to police.
The assault unfolded around 4:47 a.m. inside a commercial business at 37-13 103 Street in Corona, Queens, within the NYPD's 115th Precinct. Investigators say a verbal dispute between the victim and another man suddenly turned violent, ending with the victim cut in the neck by an unknown sharp object. The assailant bolted from the scene on foot and has not been caught.
Police are urging nearby residents and shop owners along the busy 103rd Street and Roosevelt Avenue corridor to pull any early-morning surveillance footage that might have captured the suspect and share it with investigators.
🚨WANTED FOR ASSAULT: on Saturday, February 28, 2026, at approximately 4:47 A.M., inside a commercial establishment located at 37-13 103 Street, in the confines of the NYPD 115 Precinct, a 26-year-old male victim and an unidentified individual engaged in a verbal dispute. The victim was slashed in the neck with an unknown sharp object. The suspect fled on foot to parts unknown. Anyone with information is asked to call 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Tips can also be submitted online at https://t.co/RFWaj2FC9T
— NYPD Crime Stoppers (@NYPDTips) March 1, 2026
In a post on X, NYPD Crime Stoppers said the victim was “slashed in the neck with an unknown sharp object” after the dispute and that the suspect “fled on foot to parts unknown.” Detectives from the NYPD's 115th Precinct are handling the investigation.
What investigators say
According to the department's notice, the encounter started as a verbal argument inside the business and escalated quickly, leaving the 26-year-old with a neck wound. The public alert repeats that the attacker used an unknown sharp object and then ran off, with no clear direction of travel.
So far, police have not released a physical description of the suspect or said what sparked the confrontation. That lack of detail puts extra weight on any video, photos or eyewitness accounts that might help fill in the blanks.
The alert, posted early Sunday, also highlights that Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $3,500 for information that leads to an arrest and indictment in the case, according to the program’s Crime Stoppers tip portal.
How to help
Anyone with information is asked to call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Tips can also be submitted online through the program’s portal, which allows users to send in photos and video.
Crime Stoppers tip portal and the NYPD Crime Stoppers page both note that tipsters whose information leads to an arrest and indictment in a case like this may be eligible for a reward of up to $3,500.
Where it happened
The slashing took place in the NYPD's 115th Precinct, which covers North Corona, Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst, according to NYPD Crime Stoppers. The stretch around 103rd Street and Roosevelt Avenue is a dense commercial strip, lined with small businesses whose security cameras frequently provide crucial leads in investigations.
The 115th Precinct stationhouse sits on Northern Boulevard in Jackson Heights, and detectives there are asking residents and business owners to comb through their early-morning footage from Saturday and share anything that might help identify the suspect with Crime Stoppers.
