Police are investigating a stabbing in Richmond Hill that started inside a bar and spilled out onto Jamaica Avenue, where the suspect plunged a knife into the victim’s torso.
File photo by Lloyd Mitchell
Police from the 102nd Precinct in Richmond Hill are looking for a suspect who allegedly stabbed a man he was arguing with during the early morning hours of Monday, March 16.
Police say the 30-year-old victim was inside a bar at 110-12 Jamaica Ave. in Richmond Hill when he was approached by an unidentified man at 1:10 a.m. The two got into a verbal dispute and the bartender told them to take it outside. The two men then headed out of the lounge onto Jamaica Avenue, police said.
The argument escalated into violence when the suspect brandished a knife and stabbed him in the torso, according to law enforcement cources. The assailant ran off in an unknown direction and remains at large. EMS responded to the location and rushed the wounded man to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition with a deep laceration to his gut.
Cops are looking for the suspect who brandished a knife before allegedly stabbing the 30-year-old man in the gut.Photo courtesy of the NYPD
The NYPD released a surveillance image of the suspect and described him as having a medium complexion with a dark beard and mustache. He was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with a white logo on the left side of his chest, black pants, white sneakers and a black baseball cap.
A reward of up to $3,500 is being offered for information that leads to his arrest and indictment.
Anyone with information regarding this assault investigation is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are strictly confidential.
Through March 22, the 102nd Precinct has reported 70 felony assaults so far in 2026, four more than the 66 reported at the same point last year, an increase of 6.1%, according to the most recent CompStat report.