Multiple people injured in West Village stabbing: NYPD arrest suspect ‘in gold chain’ after morning attack
- NYPD confirms attack on ‘multiple victims’ in Manhattan’s West Village
- DailyMail.com understands a suspect has been arrested
Multiple people have been injured in a stabbing in New York City‘s West Village this morning.
DailyMail.com understands that a suspect has been arrested but no other information has yet emerged.
The attack took place outside West 11th Street and Bleeker Street, near the famous Magnolia Bakery. It’s unclear how many were stabbed and what their conditions are.
The suspect was initially described by witnesses as an African American male in a navy shirt wearing a gold chain.
Police are yet to confirm that description but an NYPD spokesman confirmed an arrest, and that there were multiple victims.
The incident is said to have occurred outside West 11th Street and Bleeker Street, near the famous Magnolia Bakery
Witness Eli Klein, 45, was walking down the street with his wife and baby daughter when he says he saw the attack.
He says he heard the suspect yell ‘I’m going to get you!’ and scream the N-word.
It was impossible to discern whether he knew his victim, a male, or not.
Klein, who owns an art gallery in the neighborhood, says he turned around and ran with his baby and his wife.
‘He was screaming like “I’m going to get you” and using the N-word. It’s impossible to discern if they knew each other.
‘I just saw the attack and then, because I am with my baby and wife, we just scurried away right. It happened so close – it was 10, 15ft away – and we were on the same side of the sidewalk.
‘Normally I would stop to help the guy or take a picture of the suspect and give it to the police but in this instance, I had my baby with me, we just ran, we didn’t wait.’
