Overview
- The attacks occurred Thursday afternoon on the Upper West Side and involved two separate knife assaults near Central Park.
- Officers found a 40-year-old man with a torso/back wound and a man in his 50s with a stab wound and both were taken to Saint Luke’s Hospital.
- Reporting and police accounts place the first attack in the vicinity of West 84th Street and Central Park West and the second near West 86th Street and Central Park West/Amsterdam Avenue.
- A person of interest was taken into custody a short distance from the scenes, according to the NYPD and local reports.
- The investigation is active, authorities have not released identities or an official motive, and one outlet cited sources saying at least one victim was in critical condition.