Fordham Manor: Man Sought following Afternoon Stabbing in Busy Shopping District

By SÍLE MOLONEY & DAVID GREENE

THE NYPD IS asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in this photo who they say is wanted in connection to an assault that occurred at 327 East Kingsbridge Road in Fordham Manor on Saturday, January 27, 2024.
Photo courtesy of the NYPD

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached photo (above) who they say is wanted for questioning in connection to an assault that occurred in Fordham Manor.

OFFICERS FROM THE 52nd Precinct responded to a call regarding a person who had been stabbed at 327 East Kingsbridge Road in Fordham Manor on Saturday, January 27, 2024.
Photo by David Greene

Police said that on Saturday, Jan. 27, at around 3.45 p.m., a 32-year-old male victim was in the vicinity of 327 East Kingsbridge Road, when the suspect got into a verbal dispute with him and stabbed him once in the abdomen. “The victim was removed by EMS to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition,” a police spokesperson said.

THE NYPD CORDON OFF the crime scene following a stabbing outside the Cee & Cee Department Store at Bainbridge Avenue and East Fordham Road in Fordham Manor on Saturday, January 27, 2024.
Photo by David Greene

Police said the suspect is described as male, has a dark complexion and a slim build. They said he was last seen wearing a black and white jacket, an orange, hooded sweatshirt, a black hat, blue jeans, and black sneakers.

POLICE OFFICERS SPEAK with employees of a furniture store after a 32-year-old man was reported stabbed on Saturday, January 27, 2024 on East Kingsbridge Road in Fordham Manor.
Photo by David Greene

The location of the stabbing, outside Cee & Cee Department Store on Fordham Road, was also the general vicinity of a serious crash in 2011, and another crash in 2021.

Norwood News went back to speak to nearby store employees the next day who said they did not know anything about the incident.

AN NYPD POLICE cruiser blocks off Bainbridge Avenue at East Fordham Road after a 32-year-old man was stabbed in the abdomen on East Kingsbridge Road on Saturday, January 27, 2024.
Photo by David Greene

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 Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, on Twitter @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.

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