Police are looking for a mugging suspect who allegedly attacked a victim with a knife in lower Manhattan yesterday evening.
The incident occurred around 7:45 p.m. in front of 217 Water Street, by the South Street Seaport. According to the NYPD, a 25-year-old woman was "walking when she felt a tug on her purse and saw a knife being held at her throat. An unknown individual told her to give him the purse and she complied. The individual then slashed the back of her right hand with the knife as he fled the scene on foot westbound on Beekman Street."
The victim received nine stitches for the laceration at New York Downtown Hospital. Her purse contained cash, bank cards and a pair of glasses, police say.
Authorities released surveillance video of the suspect, who is described as about 30 years old, 5'8" tall and 160 pounds. He was last seen wearing a dark blue hoodie, blue jeans, black shoes, and possibly a dark cap.
Anyone with information in regards 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 WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.
