Authorities say a man wanted in connection with the stabbing death of a homeless man in Manhattan last week has been linked to two other similar recent attacks in the same borough, according to the NYPD. And the suspect is still on the loose.
The deadly incident occurred just after 3 a.m. on July 5 in the West Village, when a man lying on a park bench on the Hudson River Greenway across from West 11 Street was attacked for no apparent reason with a sharp object. The 34-year-old was stabbed in the upper right abdomen once, and later died at the hospital.
Police on Monday said that the same suspect wanted in that attack also stabbed another man sleeping on a bench in midtown Manhattan on Friday. The 59-year-old victim was lying on a bench around 10 p.m. near Madison Avenue and East 49th Street when a man stabbed him in the abdomen. The victim is expected to survive.
The most recent attack occurred during the early morning hours Monday. A 28-year-old woman was inside the Stanley Isaacs Playground on East 96th Street near the FDR Drive around 3:30 a.m. when she was also stabbed in the abdomen.
She too is expected to survive, authorities said.
Police released images (above) of the suspect. An investigation is ongoing.
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