Two Teens Arrested in Connection with Stabbing of 17-Year-Old in Downtown Brooklyn
Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with the vicious stabbing of a 17-year-old male after an altercation with three others outside a business and education center in Downtown Brooklyn, the Post has learned.
Police arrived outside Metrotech — near Myrtle Avenue and Lawrence Street — at about 12:50 pm on Friday after multiple witnesses called 911 where they found the 17-year-old had been stabbed in the shoulder.
Three teens attempted to flee the area as cops arrived. Two were taken into custody by police while one remains at large, sources revealed. Their ages and gender are unknown.
The 17-year-old victim was taken to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital and remains in a stable condition, police confirmed.
According to sources a knife was recovered from the scene of the brutal assault.
Sheets of paper or pamphlets lay scattered beside a portion of blood-soaked concrete late afternoon Friday, underscoring the severity of the knife attack.
Footage shows multiple responding officers poring over the crime scene which has been cordoned off with police tape.
One video shows police speaking to a person wearing black shoes, shorts and a shirt. But it is unclear whether they were connected to the attack.
The stabbing occurred off-campus, the Department of Education confirmed before referring The Post to the NYPD for further details.
One man who works in the neighborhood told The Post there’s an ongoing problem of rowdy teens terrorizing the community once they’re let out of school — which he blames on marijuana legalization and the ample pot shops.
“As a city we’re allowing this to happen. I see more kids in the smoke shops than there are in after school programs,” Mike, who was selling umbrellas on Jay and Fulton Streets.
“I think parents need to be held more accountable for the actions of their kids…But it shouldn’t be happening. It makes you feel not safe,” he added.
Michelle, 40, a childcare provider on her way home outside of the Jay Street Metrotech Station, was shocked to learn of the stabbing as she walked through Brooklyn Commons.
“This is New York, so it happens, unfortunately. I hope the kid’s OK. It’s horrible and it’s sad and it’s scary that kids are doing that,” she said.
