A worker at a Manhattan construction site stabbed a co-worker during a fight over loud music. at noon yesterday, the NYPD said.
The stabbing occurred around 12:30 p.m. Friday at a construction site at 36 West 66th St., between Central Park and Columbus Avenue on the Upper West Side. That address is adjacent to what will become a skyscraper 69-story residential, the tallest tower on the Upper West Side, and Extell building that will rise at 50 West 66th Street, he said West Side Rag.
The suspected 23-year-old worker stabbed his 34-year-old colleague three times in the torso., the police said. The injured man was taken to a hospital in an unknown condition, he explained. Pix11. Those involved were not identified by name.
In a similar case, on Sunday night a young 45-year-old grandfather was fatally shot when he intervened when he saw two other passengers arguing over playing music that was too loud in a subway station in Brooklyn.
In December 2022, a 46-year-old ex-convict turned himself in to police on suspicion of fatally shooting his neighbor in the middle of a long argument about the noise he was making at his residence in the Bronx. Also that month, a young 27-year-old model was stabbed to death by her roommate in a shelter in Midtown Manhattan because apparently he was listening to music at high volume.
In New York City The number of stabbings and cuts continues to rise. There were 4,493 cases in 2023 until early December, an increase of 6% compared to the same period in 2022. In parallel arrests for knife crimes have increased almost 30%.
The figures do not surprise experts because knives are simply easier and cheaper to get than a gun. However, They represent a more brutal attack because they involve more physical approach to the victim.
A previous NYPD report warned last August that fatal stabbings had risen 29% that year in the city compared to before the pandemic (2019). Attacks with knives have become more frequent in various scenarios: streets, buildings, homes, buses, Metro, parties, schools and even commercial establishments and ATM areas.
2024-01-20 17:01:03
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