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Early this morning, a man was stabbed to death on Washington Place near 6th Avenue in the West Village. Police believe the 43-year-old victim was arguing with other men outside 123 Washington Place when the attack occurred around 1:40AM.
The victim was stabbed at least once in chest and was pronounced dead at St. Vincent's Hospital. The police are looking for two men who fled the scene.
The neighborhood tends to have a bit of foot traffic, even at 1:30AM, given the number of bars and clubs around and the proximity to Washington Square Park, the NYU campus, and the West 4th Street subway station. Through October 7, versus last year, felony assaults are up 21%, murders are up by 100% (from 2 to 4), burglary is down 28.6% and grand larceny is down 6.2% (PDF).
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The 100% increase in the murder rate is an example of a scary-sounding number that actually means quite little. While the number of murders indeed doubled in 2007 YTD from 2006, the increase was only from two to four. A small increase from a small starting number can look enormous in percentage terms.
NYU has a campus?
How do you pronounce "deat"? Is it like "debt", or is it like "deet"?
"Lest" we forget that credit card "deat" kills all.
DCfist: How did you earn your Ph.D. in hilarity?
yeah, NYU has a campus
we're living in it!
2 to 4% where? That neighborhood? 4th street? NYC?
another west village douche bites the dust, they should rename the west village west douchelage
One ageing faggot gets killed by another faggot because he didn't like the taste of the other faggot's dick.
Good riddance.
11:10's doesn't taste so good either.
-fag
this area is plagued with violence... have you ever been on west 4th street between 6th and 7th ave after dark? or Christopher street? being that the 10th precinct is in the area you would think there would be more foot patrol officers in that area, uniformed and undercover.