Overview
- The 39-year-old was attacked on West 43rd Street in the Theater District around 11:30 p.m. Monday and was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital.
- Police said the victim is from Massachusetts and have withheld his name while they notify his family.
- Officers are searching for three men who ran east on West 43rd Street after the stabbing, and the weapon has not been recovered.
- Investigators reported that a dispute preceded the attack, and nearby cameras recorded the argument but not the fatal stabbing.
- The killing raises Midtown South’s homicide count to three this year, even as police reported record-low citywide homicides for January through April.