The NYPD is searching for a suspect following a stabbing on a subway train in Lower Manhattan.

A 27-year-old man was stabbed in the stomach by a fellow passenger during an attempted robbery on a southbound No. 4 train just after 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, police confirmed.

The train was stopped and held at the Wall Street station, police sources said.

The suspect, described as possibly a teenager, fled the train toward the street. The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition, police sources said.

Please stay with CBS News New York for more on this developing story.