A 30-year-old man was walking near Junction Boulevard and 34th Road in Jackson Heights on the night of July 15 when six unidentified individuals surrounded him and a physical altercation broke out, leaving him slashed on the hand and struck in the head. Police say the confrontation happened around 9:10 p.m., and more than three weeks later, none of the six attackers has been identified or caught.
According to NYPD Crime Stoppers, the six individuals approached the victim and a fight ensued, during which he was slashed on the left hand with a knife and struck in the head with an unknown object. The attack took place in the vicinity of Junction Boulevard and 34th Road, an intersection that sits at the eastern end of Jackson Heights's 34th Avenue open street, known as Paseo Park — a 1.3-mile pedestrian corridor that has closed to vehicle traffic daily since May 2020, according to Wikipedia. Investigators have not released descriptions of the six attackers or said whether they fled in a particular direction.
🚨WANTED FOR AN ASSAULT: On Wednesday, July 15, 2026, at approximately 9:10 P.M., a 30-year-old male victim was walking in the vicinity of Junction Boulevard and 34 Road, when six unidentified individuals approached him and a physical altercation ensued. During the altercation,… pic.twitter.com/L7VpgPqJbC
— NYPD Crime Stoppers (@NYPDTips) August 6, 2026
What Charges Could Follow
Because six people are accused of taking part in the same assault, New York law gives prosecutors a path to pursue Gang Assault in the Second Degree under Penal Law § 120.06, a Class C violent felony that carries up to 15 years in state prison for anyone who intentionally assaults a victim while aided by two or more other people present, according to the Spodek Law Group. Separately, the use of a knife to cut the victim's hand could support a charge of Assault in the Second Degree under Penal Law § 120.05(2), a Class D violent felony punishable by up to seven years, per Saland Law. No arrests have been announced, and it remains unclear whether the six assailants knew the victim or attacked at random.
The case falls under the jurisdiction of the NYPD's 115th Precinct, headquartered at 92-15 Northern Boulevard in Jackson Heights, which also patrols East Elmhurst and North Corona. Third-degree assault is consistently the single most common complaint charge logged in the precinct, according to the Queens District Attorney's annual report published in early 2025.
Assault Numbers Are Trending Down, But Violence Persists
The Junction Boulevard attack lands amid a broader decline in reported assaults across the precinct. NYPD CompStat data through August 2 shows felony assaults in the 115th Precinct down 24.4% year-to-date, falling from 332 incidents over the same period in 2025 to 251 this year. Misdemeanor assault complaints dropped as well, from 632 to 543, a 14.1% decrease, per the same CompStat figures.
Even so, weapon-involved street violence has kept surfacing in the same patrol area. In March, detectives investigated a slashing at 103rd Street and Roosevelt Avenue in Corona, where a suspect cut a victim's neck following a verbal argument, as Hoodline previously reported. In May, police canvassed for leads after an unprovoked attack at the nearby Junction Boulevard subway station overpass, in which a 59-year-old wheelchair user was pulled to the ground and beaten by an unknown assailant.
How to Submit a Tip
NYPD Crime Stoppers is asking anyone with information about the July 15 attack to come forward, offering a reward of up to $3,500 for information that leads to an arrest and indictment. Tipsters can call 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or send a direct message to @NYPDTips, and the program guarantees anonymity through an identification-code system that means tipsters never have to reveal their names or testify in court, according to the New York City Police Foundation.
The attack is the latest in a string of violent incidents Hoodline has tracked in the 115th Precinct in recent weeks, including a Queens man slashed during a robbery attempt on July 30 and a bag-snatching that turned violent at a Jackson Heights transit hub on July 26. As of now, investigators have not said whether security cameras along the Junction Boulevard corridor captured any part of the confrontation.
