Man stabbed in left thumb after argument at Riverview Park, Jersey City NJ


A man was sitting on a bench at Riverview Park in Jersey City when an unknown male approached and started a verbal argument. The suspect then stabbed the man in the left thumb with a knife. The victim was bleeding and willing to speak with detectives. Emergency medical services and police responded, but the suspect fled the area.
Audio|Source: Jersey City Police
07:13
Transcript:
00:00
All right, what's if I received that? We were off with our lights activated, actively walking around, Kenison speaking to people, but we'll definitely go back.
00:08
Yeah, I believe you.
00:10
I'm trying to figure out why he just didn't answer the phone.
00:15
Yeah, I'd die a lot.
00:17
How do you put the phone?
00:25
Come to them, Bill.
00:28
Give me a product fifty-four away, ma'all.
00:34
What's four? We'll run back in with them with the five car. Yeah.
00:39
Oh, yeah.
00:45
Citi's slow right now.
00:47
Got it.
00:50
All right. For any other east units heading over to Holiday Street, slow it down. Again,
00:55
all of the units heading to Holiday, you could slow it down.
00:59
2004.
01:04
No, I can't have minutes there's 20-04 on the time.
01:11
Yeah, so we make contact with that mail. He's in fact bleeding from his hands. Do you have to meet you on the bus?
01:19
I don't give us EPAs anymore, but let me just check to see if there's one in the route.
01:28
Tyrus here.
01:35
Thank you. Ken.
01:40
I get it, friend.
01:41
One 98073.
01:45
And that's 19807.7.
01:49
Please,
01:53
thank you.
01:55
No problem.
02:00
Central Book of Lieutenant.
02:07
Central Book the Lieutenant. I have an arrest here, Central Booking. It's my understanding the victim requested a TRO[1].
02:15
I just want to get an update on the status of that TRO[1].
02:23
I saw you know that was N.G.
02:29
And what you did in the West is working on a TRO[1].
02:34
Yeah, Westwood.
02:36
We're contacting Vicerna. Thank you.
02:42
What first?
02:44
Go ahead.
02:46
Negative results for me.
02:49
Negative results? Just say the RP.
02:51
Yeah,
02:53
that's right.
02:56
All right. Before I send you guys in the mill, check out 522 what's off for me.
03:01
The DG complaint.
03:08
The five, you, careful you issue.
03:14
You may be four hours.
03:18
Listening.
03:23
All the particulars whenever you are you side.
03:27
Good.
03:29
So the victim said to that today at 1,500 hours, he was sitting here in the bench and an unknown male wearing a black shirt, red shorts,
03:37
white sneakers, walks up to him, starts verbally arguing with him,
03:41
and scrapped his hand, his left thumb, to be precise,
03:46
possibly IP male,
03:48
and he does not know the person.
03:51
Can you please go on with all the both?
03:57
Lieutenant?
04:02
No, Lieutenant.
04:03
Two cars off at Bowers and Ogden.
04:06
Stating that this,
04:09
this mail is saying he got into an argument with a male about 20 minutes ago.
04:16
Stating, he got into a verbal, and then the mail stamped him in the hand, depending on his thumb.
04:22
MC[2]'s notified and responding over there and check him out.
04:26
He is IP.
04:31
What did he stab him in the hand with? Oh,
04:37
so?
04:39
Okay.
04:42
What did he get stabbed in the hand with?
04:46
I know.
04:51
All right, can he ID?
04:54
Does he want to speak to a detective?
05:00
He'll just call it. He's saying that he's directly in front of 2743 Kennedy.
05:09
All right, we have. All right, we have.
05:15
That's true.
05:20
No, to give more moment, trying to gather more, he himself is little IP as well.
05:25
First.
05:31
Number two, he is willing to detectives and he is IP.
05:42
All right,
05:43
um, are there any cameras in the area?
05:50
Yeah. Okay, both.
05:54
All right, let's hear I notify the Detective Sergeant.
05:59
Receipts. Detective Sergeant, Channel 4, Detective Sergeant, Channel 4. Detective Sergeant, Channel 4.
06:10
Detective Sergeant is just notifying you powers an octa, and we got a victim stating that, uh...
06:16
About 20 minutes, 25 minutes in the past,
06:20
he was sitting in Riverview Park and a bench, an unknown male walked up to him. They had a loud verbal and then an actor pulled out a knife and stabbed them in the hand directly in the thumb.
06:32
Actors GA at this time.
06:34
There are no cameras in the park itself.
06:38
He is willing to speak to the detectives, but the victim is slightly IP.
06:46
Is he going to get medical treatment or is you going to respond to stay there with the officers? No,
06:56
too. Currently we're still waiting for the book to arrive.
06:59
I'll tell you long.
07:04
I received.
07:05
If you guys don't mind, can you get the exact location of the park if there is CCTV available in the park? We'll,
07:11
you can narrow a town a little bit?
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
TRO: Temporary Restraining Order
[2]
MC: Medical Center (hospital)
Disclaimer:
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Location mentioned:
Riverview-Fisk Park, 498 Palisade Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07307
This shows a Google Street View of the area near the location, which might not be the exact address.
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