{"id":168183,"date":"2026-03-19T13:33:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/168183\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T13:33:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:33:35","slug":"suspect-in-random-queens-bus-stop-stabbing-arrested-after-dad-convinces-him-to-turn-himself-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/168183\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect in random Queens bus stop stabbing arrested after dad convinces him to turn himself in"},"content":{"rendered":"

A suspect was arrested Thursday after his dad convinced him to turn himself in for randomly stabbing a Queens mom<\/a> at her local bus stop as she was headed to work, officials said.<\/p>\n

Luis Emmanuel Valencia Ponce, 18, surrendered to authorities a day after the NYPD released surveillance images<\/a> of the suspect and asked the public\u2019s help identifying him.<\/p>\n

Valencia Ponce\u2019s dad saw the son\u2019s photo in the news and confronted him, convincing him to surrender, cops said.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old victim was waiting at a bus stop near 23rd Ave. and 94th St. in East Elmhurst about 6:15 a.m. Monday when a stranger stormed up and stabbed her in the back and left arm.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank God I\u2019m still here,\u201d the victim, who didn\u2019t want to be identified, told the Daily News from her hospital bed. \u201cI\u2019m surprised this happened to me. I don\u2019t have problems with anyone. I\u2019m a calm person. I\u2019m shy. I don\u2019t socialize like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The victim was taken by medics to\u00a0Elmhurst Hospital<\/a> in stable condition. She said doctors told her she needed to stay in the hospital for several days so they could treat her wounds, which included several fractured ribs.<\/p>\n

Shewas on her way to work at a Whole Foods in Manhattan when she was attacked from behind. Even though her coat and sweater cushioned the force of the blows, the kitchen knife attack still left her with puncture wounds that needed stitches.<\/p>\n

\u201dFour times,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was so fast. That was the weird part because he didn\u2019t say anything. He didn\u2019t even steal anything from me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Blood<\/p>\n

Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News<\/p>\n

Blood on the sidewalk at a bus stop on 94th St. in East Elmhurst on Monday after a random stabbing. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

At the behest of his father, the teen turned himself in at the 115th Precinct stationhouse in Queens just after midnight. Thursday, cops said.<\/p>\n

Valencia Ponce lives about four blocks from where the attack took place, cops said. He does not have a documented history of mental illness or emotional outbursts and has no criminal record.<\/p>\n

Valencia Ponce\u2019s victim said he attacked her twice.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first two times that he stabbed me, I screamed and then it looked like he was about to leave,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd then he came back and he stabbed me again. I was just bending down.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m in pain,\u201d she said. \u201cIt hurts to breathe. I\u2019m just resting and hope to recover soon and go home. I have children at home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cops charged the teen with attempted murder and assault.\u00a0 His arraignment in Queens Criminal Court was pending Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A suspect was arrested Thursday after his dad convinced him to turn himself in for randomly stabbing a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[262,263,266,85,267,9,24,264,12,63,261,122,124,123,265],"class_list":["post-168183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-sub-county-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168183","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=168183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}