Police identify suspect accused of stabbing teen in back at New York deli | NEWSRUX

Police have recognized the person caught on surveillance footage stabbing a girl within the again as she walked right into a deli in Brooklyn.

In accordance with the New York Police Division, the suspect is Osie Lewis, 20. He’s wished for assault, and the NYPD has requested for the general public’s assist in discovering him.

“Are you aware this man?” the police drive tweeted on Wednesday, with the CCTV video connected. “On 5/22/22 at approx. 6:00 PM, in entrance of 1091 Rutland Rd in Brooklyn, the suspect approached a 16-year-old feminine from behind and stabbed her within the left shoulder earlier than fleeing.”

Within the video, a person who police say is Mr Lewis, waits as a teenage woman enters the bodega, then evenly pokes her within the again with a knife. He then walks off with a wierd casualness.

The sufferer, Dagean Wilson, 16, says she’s by no means met the suspect.

“I believe it was simply random. He didn’t know me,” she informed the New York Publish.

Dagean says when the assault occurred, she didn’t even know she’d been stabbed.

“I felt a pointy ache,” she recalled to the Publish. “It didn’t really feel like I bought stabbed or something, so I simply went into the shop, and two males got here in and informed me that I had been stabbed. They mentioned they noticed him do it.”

The 2 males walked Daegan residence, the place she informed her mom what occurred. She then went to an area hospital, the place she was handled and launched.

Within the aftermath, the teenager says she’s full of anxiousness each time she must go exterior.

“I simply maintain wanting over my shoulder,” she defined. “I’m actually anxious. It nonetheless performs at the back of my head.”

Typically, crime has been rising in New York Metropolis. In February, NYPD statistics confirmed main crimes had elevated by nearly 60 per cent because the identical time final 12 months.

The NYPD urges anybody with data on Mr Lewis to name 1-800-577-TIPS, or ship a direct message to @NYPDTips on Twitter.