Photo courtesy of the NYPD
Police said they’ve arrested a 31-year-old woman in relation to a slashing / stabbing assault on one male teen and two men in Norwood, after they had sought the public’s help identifying the woman seen in the attached photos who they said was wanted for questioning in connection with the incident.
Police that on Wednesday, April 29, at around 6 p.m. in front of 3424 Kossuth Avenue, between East Gun Hill Road and East 210th Street, the victims, a 28-year-old male, an 18-year-old male, and a 24-year-old male got into a dispute with an unidentified male and female.
They said the female (suspect) displayed a cutting instrument and slashed the 28-year-old male in the hand, stabbed the 18-year-old male in the torso, and stabbed the 24-year-old male in the upper back and in the back of the head. They said the victims traveled by private means to NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx, all in stable condition and the suspect and her male companion fled the location in an unknown direction.
Photo courtesy of the NYPD
Pursuant to an ongoing investigation, police said Alyana Randoph, 31, of Norwood was arrested on Friday, May 8, at 8.20 a.m. They said she was charged with two counts of attempted murder and three counts of assault.
Randolph is presumed innocent unless and until convicted in a court of law.
Anyone with information regarding 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.
All calls are strictly confidential.
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