By Marlyn Montilla
04 Feb 2024, 15:41 PM EST
A man allegedly stabbed two people in a fight on Austin Street in Tony Forest Hills and then fled in a sanitation truck he works with, authorities said.
The two victims, ages 35 and 34, were having an altercation with the employee at 4:30 a.m. on Austin Street near 71st Avenue when the sanitation worker pulled out a knife and stabbed one of the men in the chest. and the other in the abdomen, the officials explained.
The suspect, who works for a private transportation company, got into his truck and drove away while the two injured men were taken to Long Island Jewish Hospital, where they were in stable condition.
What led to the argument remains under investigation by the New York Police Department.
The health worker was last seen wearing an orange T-shirt and dark pants with reflective material. So far no arrests have been made in this regard.
On the other hand, in the Bronx a man lost his life after being hit “with a sharp object” in the neck after a dispute at the El Chicanito bar and restaurant on East 153rd Street, near Elton Avenue in Melrose, that took place outside the site at 3:50 a.m. Saturday, police said.
EMS also transported the unidentified 32-year-old victim to Lincoln Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, officials said.
Authorities described the suspect in this second fatal attack as a 5-foot-7-inch man with a beard, dressed in a white shirt with black letters on the side.
The perpetrator fled east on East 153rd Street. The agents are not clear what caused the stabbing. There are no arrests so far.
In this sense, but already in Brooklyn, a man was shot in the torso at Bro Deli on East 81st Street and Flatlands Avenue at 11:10 p.m. Friday, officials said.
The “uncooperative” victim, 41, was transported to Brookdale Hospital in stable condition, NYPD said.
Officers described the suspect in this crime as an individual wearing a white shirt and camouflage pants. He was last seen running north on East 82nd Street. No arrests have been made.
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