{"id":361304,"date":"2026-09-30T23:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T23:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/361304\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T23:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T23:56:13","slug":"maniac-in-a-black-top-hat-stabs-3-after-food-fight-at-nyc-intersection-cops-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/361304\/","title":{"rendered":"Maniac in a black top hat stabs 3 after food fight at NYC intersection: cops, sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A top hat-wearing madman stabbed three men during a brutal clash over food at a major Lower East Side intersection early Wednesday, cops and sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A 26-year-old man from Queens was eating on the sidewalk at the corner of Bowery and Delancey Street around 1:15 a.m. when the spiffy stranger started arguing with him, according to authorities and law enforcement sources.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The brute then stabbed him in the stomach as things turned physical, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.71386719;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"41071579\" width=\"421\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/183-bowery-unidentified-male-stabbed-143205714.jpg\" alt=\"This undated handout photo provided by the New York City Police Department shows an unidentified individual wanted in connection with a robbery on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026, in New York. According to police, the suspect stabbed three men in front of 183 Bowery before fleeing on foot.\" class=\"wp-image-41071579\"\/>A top hat-wearing attacker stabbed three men during a fight that started over food on the Lower East Side early Wednesday, cops said.  DCPI<\/p>\n<p>Two bystanders, 21 and 19 \u2013 both from California \u2013 tried to break it up, but the menace turned on them, too, according to cops and sources.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The younger man was stabbed on the left arm and the older man slashed on the left shoulder, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The attacker grabbed the first victim\u2019s fanny pack, which was full of credit cards, before taking off, police said. <\/p>\n<p>He was still on the loose Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>All three stabbing victims were taken to Bellevue Hospital, where they were listed in stable condition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"41071589\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/911-call-multiple-people-stabbed-143202968.jpg\" alt=\"The corner of Bowery and Delancey Street is shown in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-41071589\"\/>The attack happened around 1:15 a.m. at the corner of Bowery and Delancey Street. Google Maps<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD released a photo of the suspected attacker, last seen wearing a black stovepipe top hat over a black baseball cap, as well as all-black clothing and black gloves.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call the NYPD\u2019s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/__;!!F0Stn7g!C-Aen2Oit0XjxVDJqEhGUFogwqb1AikPjG66v4bTGTOKKqPKcFGQpYeOoUlDOiD9oniRy2W5qPkjh_MLhsI$\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/<\/a>, or on X @NYPDTips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A top hat-wearing madman stabbed three men during a brutal clash over food at a major Lower East&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[57,9,56,63,65,64,2442,58],"class_list":["post-361304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-stabbings","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361304","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=361304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}