New Years Day Bat Attack in Bronx

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

January 27, 2023

BRONX - A Bronx man was attacked with a baseball bat and stabbed in the back by a group of four attackers.

At around 9 pm on January 1st, a 20-year-old man was walking in the hallway of a residential building in the vicinity of E 169th Street and Fox Street when he was approached by four men. One of the attackers tried to hit the victim with a baseball bat.

As the victim grabbed the bat from his attacker, another in the group stabbed him in the back three times.

The attackers ran out of the building in an unknown direction.

The victim was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was listed in stable condition.

The attackers are described as males with dark complexion, and believed to be in their late teens- to-early 20s.

Anyone with information in regard 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 CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 

All calls are strictly confidential.