Man Fatally Stabbed Outside Farley Post Office

Photograph of stabbing suspect from the NYPD

Late yesterday afternoon, a man was killed in midtown Manhattan, outside the James Farley Post Office on 8th Avenue at 33rd Street—which is also across the street from Penn Station and Madison Garden. According to police, he had bumped into another man who fatally stabbed him.

WCBS 2 says the two got into an argument, "causing the suspect to go into a rage and stab the man in his 20s twice." The victim, Christopher Guitterez, was pronounced dead at the hospital.

The attacker fled the scene after the incident. Police are searching for him and WABC 7 describes him as a "black man, 25-35 years of age, 5'10" tall, 160 lbs, with short black hair...wearing a Black T-shirt with blue jeans and was carrying a camouflage military style backpack with the letters US printed on the back." The Daily News reports that a German tourist took photographs of the stabbing and showed them to police.

Update: The NYPD has now released photographs of the suspect and urge people to contact Crime Stoppers with information by either calling 800-577-TIPS, texting CRIMES (then enter TIP577), or going to the Crime Stoppers website.

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By Jen Chung in News on September 28, 2009 12:56 PM

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theevilone

Lover's quarrel.

Snakefist Von Thunderplug

Maybe this is a new guerilla marketing campaign for the 6th season of The Wire. I don't know about you guys, but I'm excited.

Tower18

Definitely Marlo. So he DID return to the streets!

Boogie Down

Yeah, but Partlow is still behind bars, and we all know that he's the one who takes care of this sort of thing.

aveB4life

i recognize that guy.

that's marlo stanfield

JenChungsBaby

So is that a federal offense, killing someone on the post office steps like that?

inoyourider

What a fucking scumbag.

Hope he has fun getting stabbed in the ass in prison.

pastoralia

Where's Omar when you need him?

Boogie Down

He looks like Marlo Stanfield.

el192

Whoa. He DOES look like Marlo!

pastoralia

So the guy stabs someone and then just calmly walks away? Glad the German tourist got a pic...should make it a lot easier catching this fucker.

JacqueMehoff

fatally stabbed? could be an ex-mil, they do teach you how to kill there. I don't find many minority military wannabees, usually they enlist.

HymietownHero

I don't think you need any military background to successfully stab someone to death. Article says victim was stabbed twice in the chest. That'll about do it.

Guest

To curb this kind of behavior, what we need is blade control legislation...

Rocknrope

He looks mad.

schadenfreudian mensch

I guess OJ just got out of jail.

hotstepper

damn, did the tourist take the pic AFTER the stabbing? if so that is one ballsy kraut.

Billiamsburg

a black man committing a random act of violence! Now I've heard of everything!

Brooklynbobby

But he be dissed by dat honky!!!

ganghiscon

Guitterez = honky?

barryap

How does this happen, with all the cops always outside Penn Station on 8th ave?

schadenfreudian mensch

They were busy taking down reports of gay bias attack.

Kojak

And the cops are usually on the 7th Ave side. Not so much 8th.

But there is a Police Station between 8-9Ave on 35th St.

biked00d

To simply say there is a police station there is a gross understatement. I used to work at 5 Penn, and let me tell you... ever seen a shift change? We're talking about an hourly armaggeddon-esque cacophony of sirens. The place is absolutely swimming with police. How this man was able to get away staggers the mind.

Kojak

I usually notice them during the week in that area but not so much on Sunday. Yeah perhaps it was a shift change. There should have been at least SOME cops walking around. The dude just waltzed out of there without a care.