Two men injured each other with a machete on the street in Upper Manhattan late Sunday, police and sources said.
A 60-year-old man was stabbed in the neck, and another man, 40, was cut on his arm and stomach when the violence erupted around 11:40 p.m. on Nagle Avenue near Thayer Street in Fort George, cops said.
The two men appeared to have cut each other, sources said.
A 60-year-old man is in critical condition and a 40-year-old man also wounded in a late-night machete fight in Fort George. Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
A 911 caller reported the violence as a shooting, but police discovered both men had been stabbed. Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto/ShutterstockThe 911 caller initially reported the violence as a shooting, only for police to discover the men had been stabbed, cops said.
Both men were taken to Harlem Hospital, where the older man is listed in critical condition and the younger man is stable, authorities said.
Photos from the scene show the machete lying on the ground near the curb, with the handle on the sidewalk and the long blade protruding into the street.
It was not immediately clear what sparked the violence. Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
The violence erupted around 11:40 p.m. in upper Manhattan. Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto/ShutterstockBloody towels or articles of clothing littered the street, alongside blue medical gloves.
No one has yet been charged in connection to the violence, and it remains unclear how the violent fight began.
