Crime & Safety
Suspects Revealed In Stabbing Attack Of Brooklyn Teen: Cops
The 13-year-old girl was knifed in the stomach near the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center station in Prospect Heights Sunday night.
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BROOKLYN, NY — Three potential suspects have been revealed in the brutal stabbing of a teenage girl outside a subway station in Brooklyn, according to police.
Police released photos late Monday of the three teens they say are connected to the attack of a 13-year-old girl, who was found Sunday night with stab wounds to the stomach near the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center station in Prospect Heights.
While it was originally not clear what sparked the knifing, police said they now believe that the victim and her attackers were in the middle of an argument when they pulled the knife and stabbed her.
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The attackers then quickly fled the location on foot, traveling westbound on Atlantic Avenue, police said.
When police arrived on the scene, they rushed the victim to Maimonides Pediatric Hospital in stable condition, authorities said.
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No arrests have been made as of Tuesday, but the three individuals sought are approximately 16–19 years old.
The first suspect is a man with a dark complexion, last seen wearing a black headband, a light blue t-shirt and black pants. The second suspect, also with a dark complexion, was last seen in a black AC/DC hoodie, black pants and carrying a black book bag. The third individual has a dark complexion and dreadlocks and was last seen wearing a black and gray jacket, a black shirt and black pants.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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