A 13-year-old boy was stabbed in broad daylight outside a Bronx supermarket on Saturday, leaving him injured as police launched a search for the attacker, sources said.
The stabbing happened at about 5:23 p.m. outside the C-Town supermarket at 1612 Westchester Avenue in Soundview, where the teen was knifed in the stomach, according to police sources.
EMS crews rushed him to Jacobi Hospital on Pelham Parkway following the assault. He was listed in stable condition, sources said.
At the scene, blood was visible on the concrete sidewalk as officers blocked off the area in front of the store during the investigation.
No arrests had been made, and police were still searching for the assailant, according to sources.
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The heinous attack comes days after a New York City Schools employee was stabbed to death by an lunatic who had 13 prior arrests.
NYC Department of Education Paraprofessional Rashaun Shettlewood, 32, was fatally stabbed in the chest and his 33-year-old friend was stabbed in the torso by the brute in another daytime attack in the Bronx at Davidson and West Tremont Avenues in Morris Heights at 3:30 pm.
The men were transported to St. Barnabas Hospital where Shettlewood succumbed to his injuries, his friend was in stable condition, police sources said.
It was unclear what led to the attack, but police source said it stemmed from a dispute.
The alleged stabber, Jeffrey Jorge, 37, of Brooklyn, was arrested the following morning after cops spotted him wielding a knife at Ocean Avenue and Parkside Avenue in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens.
He was charged with murder, attempted murder, manslaughter and two counts each of assault and criminal possession of a weapon, according to the NYPD.