A man is recovering after a stabbing late Tuesday night inside a supportive housing building in Gowanus \u2014 and now some residents say they\u2019re afraid to keep living there.<\/p>\n
Investigators say it happened just before 11:35 p.m. inside the building on Sackett Street.<\/p>\n
A police source tells News 12 a fight broke out between two residents before the 32-year-old man was stabbed in the face, neck and chest. He was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital and is expected to be OK.<\/p>\n
Video from the scene shows emergency crews crowding the block overnight as sirens echoed through the neighborhood.<\/p>\n
As investigators continued searching for the person responsible Wednesday morning, several residents living inside the building told News 12 they believe violence inside and around the facility has become a growing problem.<\/p>\n
One resident, Keith Truxlerbey, said he no longer feels safe staying there.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m going back to the trains today\u2026 I’m safer,\u201d he told News 12.<\/p>\n
Truxlerbey claimed people living in the building have repeatedly raised concerns about fights and threats.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat stabbing was gonna happen,\u201d he said. \u201cBecause they’re not doing nothing when they’re hearing somebody is pulling razors and pulling knives out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another resident, who identified himself as Heavy, said he recently got into a fight inside the building himself and woke up shaken after hearing about the stabbing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI woke up this morning a little traumatized,\u201d he said. \u201cThat could have been me.\u201d<\/p>\n
A police source says the person who ran off after the stabbing was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt.<\/p>\n
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