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Man Stabbed Repeatedly Outside Bronx Supermarket

Supermarket Stabber Sought by NYPD
The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a brutal stabbing outside a Bronx supermarket. -Photo by NYPD

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a brutal stabbing outside a Bronx supermarket. -Photo by NYPD


By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

January 31, 2024


BRONX - Cops are looking for a supermarket stabber in the Bronx who knifed a customer outside a store during an apartment random attack back in December. 


The NYPD released new surveillance camera footage of a suspect wanted in the brutal Christmas time stabbing outside a supermarket in Wakefield. Cops did not reveal a motive for the violent attack. 


At around 2:30 pm on December 17, a 52-year-old man was standing in front of Met Foods at 4401 White Plains Road. Cops said a man walked up behind the victim and just began stabbing him. The attacker stabbed the man in his head, in the back and to the victim’s left arm. 


The stabber then walked away. 


The victim was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center where he was listed in stable condition. 


The suspect is described as a male with a light complexion and medium build. He has a bushy beard. He was last seen wearing a black hat, eyeglasses, a multi-colored hooded sweatshirt, and dark sweatpants.


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.

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