Updated
Updated · CNN · Jul 23
Suspect Taken Into Custody After 2 Men Are Stabbed on Manhattan's Upper West Side
Updated
Updated · CNN · Jul 23

Suspect Taken Into Custody After 2 Men Are Stabbed on Manhattan's Upper West Side

3 articles · Updated · CNN · Jul 23

Summary

  • Two men, ages 57 and 50, were hospitalized in stable condition after broad-daylight stabbings Thursday afternoon near Central Park West on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
  • Police said one victim was found just after a 1:30 p.m. 911 call with a stab wound to the back, while the other was stabbed in the chest.
  • The attacks happened a few blocks apart—near West 84th Street and West 86th Street—and both men were taken to Mount Sinai Morningside and are expected to survive.
  • A suspect is now in custody as NYPD investigators work to determine a possible motive for the two stabbings.

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