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A 27-year-old Air Force recruiter was stabbed outside her office on 125th Street and Lenox Avenue in Manhattan yesterday around 12:30 p.m. The Post reports that Staff Sgt. Sara Charles (pictured) was "walking from the recruiting center on 125th Street...when she was approached by Lashawn Linton, 28." Apparently Linton—who had "just lefther therapist's office"—"didn't like the way Charles looked at her and the two began to exchange words," culminating in Linton allegedly "whipp[ing] out a knife and plung[ing] it into the eight-year veteran's chest, stomach and leg." A vendor, Aboubacar Lah, who saw Charles running and then tried to shield her from Linton was also slashed when he grabbed the knife. Lah then chased Linton until "uniformed cops...grabbed them both," according to the Daily News. Charles is currently in critical but stable condition while Linton was charged with attempted murder.
Air Force Recruiter Stabbed in Harlem
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It's the same media that NEVER mentioned Muslims' hatred of Israel as a possible motive for 9/11.
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Way too many crazy people up and about these days.
Some therapist...
the therapy is not working.
Epic fail on the therapy for sure.
i really hate hearing this s***...because of a look? are you kidding me? all you pro-life people need to think long and hard (that's what she said) about why this person should not have been aborted to begin with.
Why can't she be more like Obama?
WWOD?
When Keepin' It Real Goes Wrong.
Obama is disappointed, I'm sure.
@4, how would any parent know that their baby would grow up to slab someone? She obviously has a mental issue and her therapist perhaps was negligent not to report her as a danger to society
I wonder if she gets a purple heart?
"When Keepin' It Real Goes Wrong."
This comment wins hands down.
People are idiots. So now this woman's going to spend some time behind bars for what? Someone looking at her the wrong way?
Guns don't kill people, knives kill people. This is crazy. There are too many loonies out there, prepared to use anything to hurt other people.
NYC is starting more and more to look like the UK with all these edged weapon incidents.
#8 - No, she's not eligible. Purple hearts are for wartime combat injuries, and she's not in a combat zone. I'll leave snarky comments about Harlem to other posters.
#12 - I'd rather have blades than guns. The people holding the weapon might be just as deranged, but at least victims have a better chance against a knife. If Sara Charles had been shot in the chest, stomach and leg I doubt she'd still be alive.
And Jen - quick edit - the abbreviation for Sergeant is sGt, not sFt.
Heath Ledger's Joker made the blade fashionable again.
Any description of the perp?
Or the hero vendor Aboubacar Lah?
"the abbreviation for Sergeant is sGt, not sFt."
But the USAF abbreviation for Staff Sergeant is SSgt. Either that or both words should be written out, don't spell out 'Staff' and abbreviate 'Sergeant.'
Minor point, sorry. Best of luck to her.
Bravo to the guy who not only came to her rescue, but kept up the good fight even after he was injured. I bet most of the tough guys here on Gothamist wouldn't do the same.
I'd be stabbing people too if my name was LaShawn, your momma pretty much set you up to fail with that shit name. Maybe change it to Sasha Fierce. LaKeisha, LaRonda, Latoya, Latifa, La-whatyoulookingat, biatch?
Sgt. Charles should recruit her assailant when she gets out of the hospital.Batshit crazy and good with weapons would be helpful in a warzone.