Conversation at East Harlem Dunkin escalates to stabbing

Adam Devine

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – An argument inside an East Harlem Dunkin Donuts escalated into a stabbing incident last Saturday, sending one man to the hospital.

Detectives with the NYPD’s 25th Precinct have released a photo of the attacker and are asking the public to assist in identifying him.

According to police, at around 9 pm, the unidentified suspect approached the 35-year-old male victim and engaged in conversation. That conversation went south when the suspect pulled a knife and stabbed the victim in the neck before fleeing the business down Lexington Avenue.


The victim was removed by EMS to a local hospital to be treated for his injury.

A photo of the individual is attached and available at DCPI.

Anyone with information regarding 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). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, on Twitter @NYPDTips.

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