{"id":727874,"date":"2026-04-14T18:24:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T18:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/727874\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T18:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T18:24:17","slug":"lower-manhattan-subway-stabbing-man-attacked-during-apparent-robbery-attempt-on-4-line-cops-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/727874\/","title":{"rendered":"Lower Manhattan subway stabbing: Man attacked during apparent robbery attempt on 4 line, cops say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wall-street-subway-stabbing-lloyd-mitchell-04142026-4.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"scene of police at scene of Lower Manhattan subway stabbing near closed entrance to station\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Lower Manhattan subway stabbing: Man attacked during apparent robbery attempt on 4 line, cops say 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A man was stabbed on board a 4 train in Lower Manhattan during an apparent robbery attempt on Tuesday afternoon, police reported.A man was stabbed on board a 4 train in Lower Manhattan during an apparent robbery attempt on Tuesday afternoon, police reported.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Lloyd Mitchell <\/p>\n<p>A man was stabbed on board a 4 train in <a href=\"https:\/\/amny.com\/manhattan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lower Manhattan<\/a> during an apparent robbery attempt on Tuesday afternoon, police reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nyc.gov\/nypd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NYPD<\/a> has launched a search for the suspect behind the attack, which sources said occurred at about 12:30 p.m. on April 14 near the Wall Street station on the 4 line in the Financial District.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement sources said the victim, a 27-year-old man, was on board a Brooklyn-bound 4 train when he became involved in a confrontation with another straphanger, which devolved into a robbery attempt. During the incident, the other straphanger stabbed the man in the lower left stomach, then fled the scene.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137843242\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wall-street-subway-stabbing-lloyd-mitchell-04142026-3.jpg\" alt=\"scene of police at scene of Lower Manhattan subway stabbing near closed entrance to station\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"Lower Manhattan subway stabbing: Man attacked during apparent robbery attempt on 4 line, cops say 2\"  \/>The NYPD has launched a search for the suspect behind the attack, which sources said occurred at about 12:30 p.m. on April 14 near the Wall Street station on the 4 line in the Financial District.Photo by Lloyd Mitchell<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis guy was bleeeding heavy, cops were rushing everywhere,\u201d said one eyewitness, Marco Fernando.<\/p>\n<p>Officers from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypd1pct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">1st Precinct<\/a> and NYPD Transit District 2 responded to the incident. EMS rushed the victim to Bellevue Hospital for treatment of injuries not considered life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p>Police sealed off the entrance to the Wall Street station near Trinity Church as the investigation unfolded. Witnesses recounted the chaotic scene inside the station after the incident.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCops were searching the platform and everything was moving so, people were running everywhere,\u201d said another witness, Michelle Clark.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137843241\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wall-street-subway-stabbing-lloyd-mitchell-04142026-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"Lower Manhattan subway stabbing: Man attacked during apparent robbery attempt on 4 line, cops say 3\"  \/>Police sealed off the entrance to the Wall Street station near Trinity Church as the investigation unfolded.Photo by Lloyd Mitchell\n<\/p>\n<p>So far, no arrests have been made in the ongoing investigation. Police described the suspected assailant as a man with a dark complexion who was last seen wearing a ski mask, a hooded sweatshirt and khaki pants while carrying a black backpack. He was last seen fleeing southbound on Broadway.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding the stabbing or the suspect\u2019s whereabouts can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at <a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a>, or on X (formerly Twitter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypdtips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@NYPDTips<\/a>. All calls and messages are kept confidential.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story; check with amNY.com later for updates.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man was stabbed on board a 4 train in Lower Manhattan during an apparent robbery attempt on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":727875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[301366,5229,75982,301367,301368,301369,301370,301371,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,155989,63079,301372,301373,183404,301374,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,301375,301376],"class_list":["post-727874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-4-train-stabbing","tag-america","tag-bellevue-hospital","tag-breaking-news-nyc","tag-eyewitness-accounts-nyc","tag-financial-district-crime","tag-lower-manhattan-incident","tag-manhattan-subway-safety","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-subway-crime","tag-nypd-investigation","tag-straphanger-attack","tag-subway-robbery-attempt","tag-suspect-at-large","tag-transit-district-2","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-violent-crime-nyc","tag-wall-street-station"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=727874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/727875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}