NYPD offers $3,500 reward for Queens slashing suspect

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The New York Police Division is providing a $3,500 reward for the id of a Queens slashing suspect.

NYPD one hundred and fifteenth precinct police responded to the March 18 assault within the neighborhood of Broadway and 73rd Avenue round 10 p.m. ET and found one 26-year-old male sufferer with a wound to the face.

The unidentified male suspect is accused of “slashing” the sufferer to the face with a knife he took from an unattended meals cart throughout a “dispute” with the sufferer, in line with the NYPD.

NEW YORK CITY CRIME SURGED 38.5% OVERALL IN THE FIRST MONTH OF 2022

He then allegedly fled on foot, headed westbound on Broadway, earlier than police arrived. 

Queens slashing suspect. (NYPD Crime Stoppers)

Authorities transported the sufferer to a close-by hospital, the place he remained in secure situation.

The one hundred and fifteenth precinct has thus far recorded 94 felony assaults in 2022 in comparison with 66 on the similar time final yr, representing a greater than 42% enhance. Complete New York Metropolis crime surged 38.5% within the first month of 2022.

Broadway and 73rd St. in Queens, NY. (Google Maps)

Anybody with details about the assault can confidentially name 1-800-577-TIPS.

Fox Information’ Stephanie Pagones contributed to this report.