{"id":168102,"date":"2026-03-19T11:41:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T11:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/168102\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T11:41:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T11:41:35","slug":"18-year-old-arrested-in-stabbing-of-woman-walking-to-bus-in-queens-nypd-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/168102\/","title":{"rendered":"18-year-old arrested in stabbing of woman walking to bus in Queens, NYPD says"},"content":{"rendered":"

An 18-year-old suspect has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a woman<\/a> near a New York City bus stop, according to police.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The NYPD said Thursday officers charged Luis Emmanuel Valencia-Ponte<\/a> in the apparently random attack on a 29-year-old mother of three in East Elmhurst, Queens.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The woman remains in the hospital<\/a> after Valencia-Ponte allegedly stabbed her in the back and arms while she was waiting to cross the street early Monday morning at 23rd Avenue and 94th Street.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

The attack was caught on surveillance video,<\/a> and police released new images of the previously unidentified suspect on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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The suspect allegedly approached the woman from behind and stabbed her multiple times in East Elmhurst, Queens, on March 16, 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n

NYPD<\/p>\n

In a phone interview with CBS News New York, the victim, who did not know her attacker, said she feared she would not survive<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I felt like a bang, like a push in my back, and then he stabbed me twice,” she said. “I thought I was gonna die, and I yelled, thinking I was dying already.”<\/p>\n

After the attacker ran off, she made it across the street, where a good Samaritan with a dog rushed to her aid.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“He didn’t even hesitate to ask me questions. He just called 911 and told me to lay down on the floor,” she said. “I’m thankful. I’m really thankful.”<\/p>\n

Police did not immediately say what charges Valencia-Ponte is facing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Jenna DeAngelis<\/a><\/p>\n

contributed to this report.\n <\/p>\n

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