Three individuals were stabbed just outside of Brownsville Academy High School on Tuesday afternoon.
Officers from the 73rd Precinct responded to an assault in progress at East 98th Street, across the street from Brownsville Academy at 1150 East New York Ave, at approximately 2:55 p.m., police said.
One victim had a stab wound to the chest, another had a slash around the ear and the third victim had a slash wound to the torso. Paramedics brought all three victims — whose identities have not yet been released – to Health+Hospitals/Kings County, where the victim who was stabbed in the chest was listed in critical condition as of Tuesday evening.
Police currently has made no arrests and the investigation is ongoing. It was not immediately what, if anything, precipitated the assaults.
According to crime statistics, the 73rd Precinct has recorded 520 felony assaults in the area this year — one more than had been recorded at the same time last year.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at , or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
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