STATEN ISLAND, NY – The New York City Police Department’s 121st Precinct detective bureau is investigating an unprovoked attack outside a Staten Island deli on Saturday.
At around 11 pm, an unknown suspect approached a 52-year-old male victim outside the 220 Port Richmond Avenue deli. Police said that the suspect pulled a knife and stabbed the man in the neck without provocation before fleeing the scene.
He was last seen running down Castleton Avenue toward Jewett Avenue.
The man was rushed to a nearby hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
Police described the suspect as a male with a medium complexion, last seen wearing a red jacket, black pants, a black hooded sweatshirt, and white sneakers.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/or or on Twitter @NYPDTips