Crazed stalker stabs two good Samaritans walking NYC woman who thought she was being followed home
A crazed stalker viciously stabbed two good Samaritans trying to walk a Brooklyn woman who believed she was being followed home.
The suspect — a 5'8″ male with dark skin — knifed a 26-year-old man in the chest and shoulder and a 29-year-old man in the face around 1:30 a.m. in Kensington Saturday, according to the NYPD.
Both victims had gone out of their way to help the woman after seeing a local social media alert about a stalker, and when they arrived at the reported address, they were accosted by the knife-wielding suspect.
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The suspect wore a sweatshirt and sweatpants
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And it was believed to be their second encounter with the man that night.
Just a half-hour earlier, a 31-year-old woman had approached the two men and told them she was being chased, and that she was scared for her life and needed to be escorted home.
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The scene of the stabbing outside of a Kensington, Brooklyn, apartment building early Saturday morning
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They agreed and successfully walked her to safety.
The man who stabbed the men is believed to be the same one who was stalking both women, according to police.
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Both victims were transported to a nearby hospital in stable condition.
Police are asking for help identifying the suspect.
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