Suspect in Brooklyn Heights stabbing tied to string of violent attacks

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — A suspect wanted for robbing and stabbing a man walking along Joralemon Street in Brooklyn Heights has been linked to at least six other violent incidents, all in Manhattan, an NYPD spokesperson said.

Police released on Monday a photo of a man alleged to have attacked a 55-year-old resident of Brooklyn Heights near the intersection of Joralemon Street and Columbia Place on the morning of June 13. 

The victim had been walking up the Joralemon Street hill from the vicinity of 360 Furman St. in Brooklyn Bridge Park when the perpetrator approached him from behind and “forcibly removed his bag, wallet [holding $300] and laptop,” police said. When the victim tried to retrieve his property, the suspect stabbed him in the arm and fled southbound on Columbia Place on foot.

Neighbors and witnesses raced to help the bleeding victim after he made his way to a bench in front of the nearby River Deli. 

“Some guy had pieces of fabric or a T-shirt or towel, and it seemed like he was making a tourniquet or trying to stop the bleeding,” one witness, who did not want her name used, told the Brooklyn Eagle.

“To be honest with you, I was very shaken up. It just felt so violent,” the witness said.

 Asking for the community’s help

“They finally have a good picture of the individual,” Deputy Inspector Adeel Rana, Commanding Officer of the 84th Precinct, told the crowd at a meeting of the 84th Precinct Community Council, held on Tuesday, June 20. Rana asked for the community’s help in apprehending the suspect.

“I think this is more an…