A Brooklyn man was stabbed in Washington Square Park after an argument with a stranger escalated. The confrontation happened at around 7:42 p.m. on July 7, prompting police from the 6th Precinct to respond to an ongoing assault. Keeshawn Grantnesbitt and Marquese Haynes, both 21, got into a verbal dispute, during which Haynes lost his knife. Grantnesbitt used the dropped knife to stab Haynes in the abdomen. Haynes was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition, while Grantnesbitt was arrested and charged with assault. Haynes also faces charges.
The incident unfolded at around 7:42 p.m. on Jul. 7 when officers from the 6th Precinct responded to an assault in progress inside the Greenwich Village greenspace.
Haynes allegedly dropped his knife during the scuffle, and Grantnesbitt used it to stab him in the abdomen, sources said.
EMS took Haynes to Bellevue Hospital in a stable condition, police said. The NYPD arrested and charged Grantnesbitt with assault later that evening.
As of July 6, there had been 69 incidents, 17 of which occurred in the past week, according to the latest NYPD data.
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