A good Samaritan was knifed in the neck as he assisted a wheelchair-bound man into a Bronx building, police and witnesses said Saturday.
The 24-year-old victim was helping his neighbor enter the W. 162nd St. building near Ogden Ave. — about three blocks from Yankee Stadium — about 6:50 p.m. Friday when two men wearing baseball caps approached.
“He got into an altercation with the two individuals,” the wheelchair-bound resident, who didn’t want to be named, told The Daily News. “Then all hell broke loose. They started beating him. They stabbed him in the neck.
“I still have his blood on me,” he said.
One of the attackers had a knife, the witness said. The other was armed with a revolver, but didn’t fire.
The victim managed to move the handicapped witness out of the way before he was wounded.
“He put me to the side,” he said. “They cut him deep. He’s a good kid. He was trying to help me out.”
EMS rushed the victim to Lincoln Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition and is expected to survive.
His two attackers ran off. One of the assailants was wearing a Chicago Bulls cap. The other was wearing a Carolina Panthers hat, the witness recalled.
No arrests have been made. A motive for the attack was not immediately disclosed.
“His mom is in Florida, coming back tomorrow,” he said about the victim. “She doesn’t even know yet.”
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