A 44-year-old man was stabbed in the right leg early on October 12 after someone demanded his backpack while he stood outside 278 Brook Avenue, according to police, who are now asking the public for help identifying the attacker. The confrontation happened at about 3 a.m., when an unknown individual demanded the victim’s bag while he was standing there, then pulled a knife and stabbed him before running off.
The attacker fled on foot in an unknown direction, according to a post from NYPD Crime Stoppers
, which did not provide a description of the suspect. The agency's account laid out the sequence of events: the victim was standing in front of the Brook Avenue address before the robbery attempt ended in a stabbing.
What Investigators Are Asking For
Anyone with information has been asked to call the NYPD Crime Stoppers hotline or submit a tip online. The English-language tip line is 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), and a Spanish-language line is also available at 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Tips can also be submitted through the Crime Stoppers website or the agency's X account, @NYPDTips.
Crime Stoppers' post included tip-line details and instructions for submitting tips. It was shared publicly on Friday, weeks after the incident itself occurred.
A More Severe Bronx Case
Elsewhere in the Bronx, two suspects allegedly stabbed an off-duty NYPD detective seven times during an attempted robbery before fleeing on an e-bike, according to CBS News New York. Police said in that case that a gold chain may have been the target of the robbery, and the station reported the detective was in critical but stable condition as of that Friday night. The Brook Avenue incident occurred at about 3 a.m.; the detective was stabbed around 1:45 p.m.
No suspect description, arrest, or update on the Brook Avenue victim's condition has been released. For now, investigators are relying on the public to help identify who demanded a man's backpack early on an October morning and stabbed him.
