An 18-year-old man was fatally stabbed onboard a D subway train near Barclays Center in downtown Brooklyn after getting into a fight with another rider Thursday night, police said.
The NYPD received a 911 call just before 11:30 p.m. about a man who had been stabbed on a northbound D train as it entered the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center station.
Officers found the 18-year-old victim suffering from a stab wound to the abdomen.
The 18-year-old got into a fight with another rider on the subway right before the stabbing, according to police. Seth Gottfried
Officers found the 18-year-old victim suffering from a stab wound to the abdomen. Seth GottfriedEMS rushed the teen to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
He has yet to be publicly identified pending the notification of his family.
According to the police, a preliminary investigation has uncovered that the stabbing victim had gotten into a verbal dispute with another man, which escalated to violence when the attacker stabbed the teen with an unknown object.
The suspect then got off the train, exited the station, and fled in an unknown direction.
EMS rushed the teen to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Seth Gottfried
The suspect then got off the train, exited the station, and fled in an unknown direction, according to police. Seth Gottfried
Police said no weapon was recovered from the scene, and no arrests have been made yet. Seth GottfriedCops said no weapon was recovered from the scene, and no arrests have been made as of Friday morning.
Police told The Post it is not known what the two men were arguing about before their dispute took a deadly turn.
There was no description of the suspect immediately available, and no surveillance footage has been released.
