Police are investigating after a 15-year-old boy was stabbed in the leg Wednesday afternoon outside a Fulton Avenue building in Morrisania. The teen was taken to a nearby hospital in stable condition, while the man police say attacked him after a verbal dispute fled in a white SUV, according to News 12.
Police responded to a 911 call at 1:37 p.m. for a person stabbed outside 1581 Fulton Ave., according to News 12. Officers found the boy with a stab wound to his left leg. Investigators said he had been involved in a verbal dispute with a man before the stabbing.
Suspect Still at Large
EMS transported the boy to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition, per the same report. Police described the person they are seeking as dark-skinned, in his 40s and wearing all black. He drove away in a white SUV in an unknown direction and had not been located as of Wednesday evening.
What sparked the confrontation between the teen and the man remains unclear, the outlet notes. Investigators have not said whether the two knew each other or what words were exchanged before the stabbing occurred on the Fulton Avenue block.
What broader data show
For broader context, the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reports that the highest rates of non-fatal assault hospitalizations are concentrated in the Bronx and several other city areas. The agency cautions that the figures reflect where injured people live, not where the assaults occurred; the available context does not provide an adolescent-specific Bronx rate or show how that rate has changed in recent years.
Another Recent Bronx Stabbing Involving a Teen
The Morrisania incident follows another Bronx stabbing involving a young teenager. A 13-year-old was hospitalized after being stabbed in the stomach on a Saturday afternoon near Westchester Avenue, according to PIX11. In that case, police said two boys, ages 14 and 15, were charged with assault about an hour after the attack, and the injured teen was expected to recover, according to the NYPD. Officials had not released what led to that stabbing either, PIX11 reported.
No arrests have been announced in connection with the Morrisania stabbing, per a report from News 12, and the investigation remains open.
