Stabbing Death on Lexington and Stuyvesant

81st Pct. Police are reporting the homicide of a 44-year-old man on Stuyvesant Avenue Sunday morning.

According to reports, on Sunday, January 29, at approximately 6:24 a.m., cops got a 911 call of a man laying face down on the corner of Stuyvesant and Lexington Avenues.

When cops arrived on the scene, they found the victim with a single stab wound to his chest. The victim was rushed to the hospital, but later died from his injuries. 

No arrest have been made, and the Detective Squad is working the case.

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