MOUNT HOPE, the Bronx (PIX11) — A knife-wielding assailant stabbed a man multiple times in the head in the Bronx earlier this month, police said on Sunday.
The suspect slashed the 23-year-old victim in the forehead and cheek following a fight on East Tremont Avenue in Mount Hope on Jan. 14 at around 2 p.m., according to the NYPD. The man was taken to the hospital in stable condition.
The suspect fled eastbound on East Tremont Avenue after the incident, police said.
The NYPD released a photo of the suspect, who remained at large. Police said the suspect is 5 feet, 9 inches tall with a medium build. He was last seen wearing black-framed eyeglasses, a large black coat with a fur hood, a green baseball hat, ripped blue jeans, and blue and white sneakers.
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