Bushwick, Brooklyn — Two teenage boys were stabbed near the intersection of Suydam Street and Knickerbocker Avenue on Sunday evening, shortly after the neighborhood’s Puerto Rican Day Parade festivities. The incident prompted a large emergency response and widespread police mobilization across several blocks of the neighborhood.
According to the NYPD, officers responded to a 911 call for an assault in progress at approximately 7:59 p.m. They arrived at the scene and found two victims: a 19-year-old male with a stab wound to the abdomen and an 18-year-old male with a stab wound to the back. Both were transported to Elmhurst Hospital by EMS.
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