Takoma Park Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect connected to a stabbing incident that occurred at a Capital One Bank ATM on Monday evening.
Police spokesperson Cathy Plevy reported that officers responded to a knife assault at the Capital One Bank parking lot on University Blvd. East around 6:40 p.m. on December 23.
Upon arrival, officers discovered the victim with a stab wound to his hand.
The victim reported that around 6:25 p.m. while having a friendly conversation near the bank’s ATM, he was attacked by an unknown male assailant. The suspect, a Hispanic male with a clean-shaven face wearing a black hoodie, approached the victim from behind and inflicted a deep knife wound.
Plevy said that the suspect was not known to the victim, who was transported to a local hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Officers searched the area but could not find the suspect, who is facing first- and second-degree assault charges.
Investigation continues under case #240061347. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Takoma Park Police at (301) 270-1100.
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