{"id":303245,"date":"2026-07-22T21:21:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T21:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/303245\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T21:21:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T21:21:54","slug":"midtown-knife-attack-three-injured-one-man-arrested-in-bloody-end-to-times-square-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/303245\/","title":{"rendered":"Midtown knife attack: Three injured, one man arrested in bloody end to Times Square fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"828\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0AC5F481-0619-4CC0-9AAE-EB77ABC1069D-1.jpeg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"Police in Times Square stretch crime scene tape after stabbing\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Midtown knife attack: Three injured, one man arrested in bloody end to Times Square fight 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>FILE \u2013 Police at a crime scene in Times Square.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Dean Moses <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Three people were injured late on Tuesday night in a bloody knife attack near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/?s=Times+Square\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Times Square<\/a>, police reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>Sources said a man has been charged for the violent stabbing and slashing that occurred just before 11:40 p.m. on July 21 outside of an Applebee\u2019s restaurant at the corner of West 50th Street and Broadway.<\/p>\n<p>Officers from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypdmtn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Midtown North Precinct<\/a> received a 911 call reporting that a dispute had turned violent. Police learned that one of the individuals involved in the argument, identified as 24-year-old Preshan Bennett, allegedly went on the attack, using a sharp object to slice and stab his foes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137860615\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-22-at-8.26.44-AM.jpg\" alt=\"scene of Midtown knife attack near Times Square\" width=\"1200\" height=\"743\" title=\"Midtown knife attack: Three injured, one man arrested in bloody end to Times Square fight 2\"  \/>Sources said a man has been charged for the violent stabbing and slashing that occurred just before 11:40 p.m. on July 21 outside of an Applebee\u2019s restaurant at the corner of West 50th Street and Broadway.Photo via Google Maps<\/p>\n<p>Upon arriving at the scene, the officers found a 24-year-old man with a stab wound to the torso and a slash wound to the left leg, a 26-year-old man with slash wounds to his hands and left leg, and an unknown man with slash wounds to his leg.<\/p>\n<p>All three victims were rushed to Bellevue Hospital, where they were treated for their injuries. They are each expected to survive.\n<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, police took Bennett into custody near the scene. Following questioning, he was charged with assault, menacing, and criminal possession of a weapon.\n<\/p>\n<p>Through July 19, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/assets\/nypd\/downloads\/pdf\/crime_statistics\/cs-en-us-018pct.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Midtown North Precinct reported a 4.2% increase<\/a> in felony assaults, from 191 last year to 199 this year.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FILE \u2013 Police at a crime scene in Times Square. 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