Man knifed to death near Brooklyn’s Barclays Center


A man was fatally stabbed after he was jumped in downtown Brooklyn, officials said Saturday.

The unidentified victim, believed to be in his mid-20s to early 30s, was walking near the corner of Atlantic and Flatbush Aves. — a few steps from both Barclays Center and the Atlantic Center Mall — about 9 p.m. Friday when a group of people raced over and attacked him, witnesses told police.

The victim was repeatedly stabbed in the abdomen, cops said.

Blood is pictured in the westbound lanes of Atlantic Ave. near Flatbush Ave. in Brooklyn after a man was fatally stabbed in the intersection, just steps from Barclays Center, on Friday, March 14, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)

Cops responding to a 911 call of an assault in progress found the victim sprawled out on the ground. His attacker had run off.

EMS rushed the victim to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, but he couldn’t be saved. Cops were trying to identify the victim Saturday.

A man was fatally stabbed at the intersection of Atlantic Ave. and Flatbush Ave. in Brooklyn on Friday, March 14, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
A man was fatally stabbed at the intersection of Atlantic Ave. and Flatbush Ave. in Brooklyn on Friday, March 14, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)

No arrests have been made.

Police on Saturday were scouring the area for surveillance footage that could help them identify the attacker.



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