Newsman: Another Stabbing reported in New York City subway on Wednesday. A 26-year-old man was stabbed in the subway on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, and his girlfriend pepper sprayed the suspect as he fled on another train. Police officers who happened to be at the 72nd Street station applied a tourniquet to the victim’s leg before he was rushed to Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital in stable condition
The suspect entered the northbound 2 train just after 11 p.m. Wednesday and stood in front of the victim’s girlfriend.
The victim stood up to block him, and the suspect punched him in the head.
A verbal dispute ensued, and the suspect pulled a kitchen knife and went to stab him.
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The victim deflected the attack, and he was cut in his left leg and the index finger of his left hand.
His girlfriend pulled out her Mace and sprayed the suspect, who then fled the train.
The suspect, described as a man in his 40s or 50s, got off at the 72nd St. station, fleeing onto a northbound 1 train. He is described as a black man in his 50s with facial hair who was wearing a blue hoodie.
No arrests have been made.
