Overview

• The stabbing occurred around 11:20 p.m. Sunday on a Flushing-bound 7 train approaching the 111th Street station in Corona, police said.
• The victim suffered one stab wound to the neck and two to the back and was taken to NewYork–Presbyterian Queens in stable condition.
• Authorities reported the victim’s age as either 25 or 27 in early accounts, a discrepancy common in initial reports.
• The assailant remained on the train and was last seen leaving at the final stop, with no arrests announced as the investigation continues.
• Police circulated a description of a man in his mid-20s wearing a black baseball cap, black hoodie, gray shirt, blue pants, and white shoes and urged tips to Crime Stoppers.