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A 17-year-old teenager was stabbed in the leg last night inside a New York Subway car in Brooklyn in the middle of an argument with a group.

The boy was on a train on the R line when he got into an argument with three men armed with knives, the sources said. Apparently the victim was upset because they were listening to loud music, according to New York Post.

At least one of his adversaries stabbed him in the left leg around 9:30 p.m. Friday as the train pulled into the Union St. station near 4th Ave. in Park Slope, police said.

The suspects got off at the Union St. station and fled in an unknown direction. Paramedics took the victim to NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition, it reported. Daily News.

No arrests have been made or suspects identified. Anyone with information should call 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) and in Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Also through crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by text to 274637 (CRIMES), followed by TIP577. All communications are strictly confidential.

Since taking office in January 2022, former NYPD Mayor Eric Adams has announced multiple times that he would double the number of NYPD officers in the subway system in a beefed-up security plan to address violence in the chaotic NYC Subway. But so far crime and chaos have continued.

On Monday a man was slashed on the arm inside a Lower Manhattan station and then tripped over the subway tracks, miraculously saving his life. The following day, a 54-year-old man was pushed onto the New York Subway tracks at a Brooklyn station, miraculously rescued by a Hispanic MTA worker.

By Scribe