The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying an individual wanted for questioning in connection to what police say was a violent assault in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood.
At approximately 1:15 a.m. Sunday, March 8, inside a mixed-use building at 5820 7th Ave., an unidentified person stabbed 42-year-old woman multiple times following a verbal dispute, according to a statement from the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Public Information.
The individual is described as a female with a light complexion, approximately 40 years old, 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 140 pounds, with a slender build, long black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing black clothing, police said.(Courtesy of NYPD)
The individual fled the location in an unknown direction, a police spokesperson said. EMS transported the victim to NYU Langone Hospital Brooklyn in stable condition.
The individual is described as a female with a light complexion, approximately 40 years old, 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 140 pounds, with a slender build, long black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing black clothing, police said.
The NYPD has released a surveillance photo of the suspect.
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 Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on X @NYPDTips.
All calls are strictly confidential.