Police are still searching for a male in his early 20s who stabbed and robbed a woman near 45th and Pine Streets on Monday night.
The victim, who police described as an 18-year-old Asian woman, was stabbed in the back three times and robbed of her cell phone. Police say the suspect was black male in his early 20s wearing a white t-shirt.
The robbery took place at about 11:30 p.m. The victim was taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and was in stable condition.
July 13th, 2011 at 12:50 pm
A terrible reminder of the need to be vigilant, especially when returning home at a late hour.
July 13th, 2011 at 1:56 pm
Hope they catch the guy!
Unfortunate for her it wasn’t the hugger mugger:
TheFuzz9143: A 14 year old tried to rob a 26 year old by bear hugging him while telling him to give up his iPod. Guess who’s in jail…
July 15th, 2011 at 10:31 am
Was there a struggle? It seems really excessive to stab someone for a cell phone when just showing her the knife would probably be enough.
July 15th, 2011 at 10:52 am
Good question Dan. Police spokespeople give the barest facts possible. So without talking to the woman herself – whose name they would not release – it’s hard to know.
July 19th, 2011 at 1:45 pm
Does anyone know the status of this attack, and whether the police have a suspect? More importantly, is the girl ok?
July 20th, 2011 at 9:24 am
This is the info TheFuzz had (victim’s gender incorrect).
TheFuzz9143: Description is poor on the stabbing. Best the officers could get from the complainant was 20/B/M 5’10 short hair, white t, running S/B on 45
TheFuzz9143: 400 S 45th 7-11 11:30pm, 18/A/M robbed point of knife for his phone. Was then stabbed 3 times in the back. Taken to HUP & is stable.
July 20th, 2011 at 10:20 am
@Jess. It’s usually really difficult to get updates on victims. Police rarely give out names (unless the victim dies) and that makes checking on status in hospitals nearly impossible. We’ll keep trying though.