Shoplifter Plunges Knife into Gas Station Worker’s Neck Across from Lehman HS

Shoplifter Brutally Stabs Worker at Square Gas Station 

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a brutal stabbing inside a Westchester Square gas station. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

October 15, 2024 

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BRONX - A gas station employee working the graveyard shift was brutally stabbed in the neck when he tried to stop a shoplifter. The vicious attack happened across the street from Lehman High School adding to the areas woes on crime. 

At around 1 am on October 13, a 25-year-old worker was behind the counter at the BP Gas Station at  91 Westchester Square, across the street from Lehman High School. Cops said the 25-year-old employee was working behind the counter which had no protective glass, when the suspect walked into the store. 

Surveillance video shows the man walk up to the counter and ask a question. He then turns and appears to walk away. That’s when cops said, the suspect tried to take items from a display. 

When the worker ran out from behind the counter to confront the shoplifter, the man pounced.  Cops said the suspect plunged a knife into the worker’s neck and then proceeded to slash the victim’s arm and head. 

A photo from the surveillance video shows the suspect disheveled by the entrance in the aftermath. He lost his hat and his shoe was on the floor. 

The bleeding victim is not seen in the video. 

Cops said the attacker then ran out of the store in an unknown direction. 

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

The market where the attack occurred is well-known to the community. During the day, Lehman students frequent it for snacks. Day-laborers looking for work frequently hang out in front of the gas station waiting for contractors. 

The suspect is described as a male with a dark complexion who is 50 years of age. He is 180 pounds and bald. He was last seen wearing a gray jacket and black pants.

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.

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