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Man Killed With His Own Knife After Altercation at 14th Street Subway Station

Police are questioning two men following a fatal self-defense stabbing inside the 14th Street station.

An unidentified adult male was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital after he was stabbed to the chest inside the West 14th Street/7th Avenue Subway Station in Manhattan on Saturday July 19, 2025. 1904. A 24yr old man, stabbed to the torso at the same location, was also taken to Bellevue Hospital. Photos taken on Sunday July 20, 2025, 0858. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
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After the knife fight at the W. 14th St.-Seventh Ave. subway station Saturday night, the token booth was cordoned off behind police tape, with a pile of medical gloves and surgical towels in front of it. (Julian Roberts-Grmela for New York Daily News)
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Overview

  • The dispute unfolded around 7 p.m. on July 19 when an unidentified man stabbed a 24-year-old commuter in the torso at the 1/2/3 lines station.
  • After the attack, the victim and a friend pursued the assailant, wrested away his knife and one of them stabbed him in the chest, killing him.
  • Both men were taken to Bellevue Hospital where the attacker was pronounced dead and the 24-year-old was treated and listed in stable condition.
  • Officers sealed station entrances at West 14th Street and Seventh Avenue to process the crime scene and have not filed charges as questioning continues.
  • This episode marks the latest in a pattern of minor disputes escalating into lethal subway knife attacks that have heightened public safety concerns.