{"id":122347,"date":"2026-02-04T06:32:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T06:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/122347\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T06:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T06:32:15","slug":"boy-14-stabs-panhandler-65-who-begged-him-for-cash-on-nyc-subway-platform-during-morning-rush-cops-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/122347\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy, 14, stabs panhandler, 65, who begged him for cash on NYC subway platform during morning rush: cops, sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 14-year-old boy <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/28\/us-news\/nyc-subway-rider-suddenly-stabbed-in-the-back-by-stranger-who-randomly-picked-fight-at-broadway-lafayette-station\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">allegedly stabbed<\/a> a much-older panhandler who begged him for cash on a Harlem subway platform during the Monday morning rush, cops and law enforcement sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 65-year-old victim asked the teen for money on the No. 2 train platform <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/02\/05\/us-news\/bloody-outbreak-of-nyc-subway-crime-leaves-at-least-5-hurt-in-stabbings-slashings-and-a-beating-cops\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">at 125th Street<\/a> around 8:40 a.m., the sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Instead of shelling out cash, the teen pulled out a knife and plunged it into the panhandler\u2019s stomach, according to authorities and sources.<\/p>\n<p>A 14-year-old boy allegedly stabbed a 65-year-old man on the No. 2 train platform at 125th Street at approximately 8:40 a.m. after he asked him to give him cash. Wikipedia<\/p>\n<p>The wounded man was taken to Harlem Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His youthful attacker was arrested at the scene by cops, who also recovered the knife, authorities said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The wounded victim was taken to Harlem Hospital and is currently listed in stable condition, police said. G.N.Miller\/NYPost<\/p>\n<p>The stabbing came less than an hour after a 39-year-old woman was slashed in the face on a Bx4 bus in the Bronx. Wikipedia<\/p>\n<p>The teen was charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>The attack came less than an hour after a <a href=\"https:\/\/hudsonvalley.news12.com\/suspect-wanted-for-slashing-womans-face-aboard-bronx-bus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">39-year-old woman was slashed in the face<\/a> on board an MTA bus in the Bronx, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>The victim got into an argument with another woman who knifed her as the Bx4 bus passed Westchester and Rosedale avenues in Parkchester around 7:50 a.m., cops and sources said.<\/p>\n<p>The attacker, who was last seen wearing all black, fled the scene on foot, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The victim was taken to Jacobi Medical Center, where she was listed in stable condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 14-year-old boy allegedly stabbed a much-older panhandler who begged him for cash on a Harlem subway platform&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[469,75,57,141,9,24,56,63,65,64,2442,615,362,4730,129,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-122347","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-harlem","9":"tag-manhattan","10":"tag-metro","11":"tag-mta","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-ny","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-nyc-headlines","17":"tag-nyc-news","18":"tag-stabbings","19":"tag-subway","20":"tag-subway-slashings","21":"tag-teens","22":"tag-the-bronx","23":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}