"Police said they were looking for four men Monday in connection with a lethal stabbing on an Upper Manhattan street that killed a man a couple of blocks from his home. NYPD officials said 45-year-old Omar Lopez died after being stabbed five times around 4:30 a.m. Sunday on Nagle Avenue near Arden Street in Inwood. He had been hanging out on the sidewalk before he was attacked in front of the Karamelo restaurant, officials said."
"Elsewhere in Manhattan, detectives were investigating a separate stabbing and shooting that happened Sunday in NoMad near the route of the Mexican Independence Day Parade, according to police. A 24-year-old man was stabbed in his buttocks at East 28th Street and Madison Avenue just before 5 p.m., and a 17-year-old girl was shot in her shoulder minutes later at East 27th Street and Park Avenue South, officials said."
"Police data through Sept. 14 shows homicides and felony assaults in the 34th Precinct, which includes Inwood, fell 80% and 9%, respectively, from their levels at the same time last year. In the 13th Precinct, which includes NoMad, felony assaults rose almost 25%. Citywide, homicides dropped 17% and felony assaults 1% year over year, according to the data. This is a developing story based on preliminary information from police and may be updated."
Omar Lopez, 45, died after being stabbed five times around 4:30 a.m. Sunday on Nagle Avenue near Arden Street in Inwood. He had been on the sidewalk in front of the Karamelo restaurant and lived a few minutes' walk from the scene. Police are seeking four men in connection with the killing and released surveillance footage of one suspect. Separately in NoMad, a 24-year-old man was stabbed in the buttocks and a 17-year-old girl was shot in the shoulder following the Mexican Independence Day Parade; both were hospitalized in stable condition and police detained one person in the shooting. Precinct data shows major year-over-year changes in homicides and felony assaults.
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