Man Needed 60 Stitches After Greenwich Village Face Slashing: NYPD

West Village NY

14 June, 2022

9:47 AM

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GREENWICH VILLAGE, NY — A man needed 60 stitches to his face after getting slashed in Greenwich Village, police said Monday night. The 37-year-old's left cheek was attacked walking near Sixth Avenue and West Third Street on June 6 about 2:20 a.m., police said. NYPD did not give a reason for the attack. The slasher cut the man on his left cheek then ran away northbound on Sixth Avenue, police said. The 37-year-old was rushed to Lenox Hill Hospital where he received the stitches, police said. NYPD released a photo Monday night of the man wanted in connection with the attack. Photo courtesy of NYPD. Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).