Overview
- The stabbing, which occurred Friday afternoon near Rochambeau Avenue in Norwood, left an off-duty NYPD detective hospitalized at Jacobi Medical Center and expected to survive.
- Police said two suspects fled the scene on e-bikes and no arrests have been made as officers continue an active search.
- Authorities have not confirmed a motive or whether a robbery occurred and few details about the attackers or what, if anything, was taken have been verified.
- City officials canceled a scheduled One Police Plaza briefing and Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch were reported to be traveling to the hospital.
- The incident happened inside the area covered by the 52nd Precinct and reporting identified the injured detective as assigned to the 44th Precinct, with further investigation and forensic work ongoing.