{"id":82268,"date":"2025-12-28T03:43:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T03:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/82268\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T03:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T03:43:07","slug":"queens-slasher-sought-for-unprovoked-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/82268\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens slasher sought for unprovoked attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cops are hunting for a suspect who <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NYPDTips\/status\/2004736995940089934?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">slashed a 22-year-old man sitting outside a closed Queens store<\/a> in a bloody, unprovoked attack, police said Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The victim was seated on the sidewalk outside a cellphone store on Steinway St. near 30th Ave. in Astoria at around 3:50 a.m. on Nov. 30 when a stranger approached him.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect didn\u2019t say a word as he whipped out a blade and slashed the victim across the left side of the face, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>EMS rushed the unidentified victim to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nychealthandhospitals.org\/locations\/elmhurst\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Elmhurst Hospital<\/a>, where he was treated and released.<\/p>\n<p>The slasher ran off moments after the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2022\/12\/26\/elite-nypd-squad-uses-surveillance-video-to-track-and-catch-criminals-we-take-a-lot-of-pride-in-our-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">recovered surveillance footage of the attacker<\/a>, who\u2019s described as Black with braided hair and a long beard, police said. He was\u00a0last seen wearing a black winter jacket, green pants with an orange stripe and gray sneakers.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding the suspect\u2019s whereabouts is urged to call <a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NYPD Crime Stoppers<\/a> at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cops are hunting for a suspect who slashed a 22-year-old man sitting outside a closed Queens store in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82269,"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-82268","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\/82268","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=82268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}