The man allegedly responsible for brutally stabbing a mother at a Queens bus stop turned himself into police early Thursday morning.
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The man allegedly responsible for brutally stabbing a woman at a Queens bus stop turned himself into police early Thursday morning, sources familiar with the case said.
According to authorities, 18-year-old Luis Emmanuel Valencia Ponce of East Elmhurst gave himself up to cops at the 115th Precinct less than a day after the NYPD released clear surveillance images of the perpetrator. He has been slapped with attempted murder and assault charges.
Valencia Ponce was wanted for the unprovoked attack of a 29-year-old mother of three. Cops say he walked behind the woman mere blocks from his home on 23rd Avenue and 94th Street at around 6:15 a.m on March 16.
Police said the suspect began stabbing her in the back and hand on the sidewalk. Sources say he did not say a word, and they did not know one another.
“At the moment she was attacked, she never, never, felt anything at her back; she didn’t sense anyone coming up behind her, it happened suddenly, he just appeared and stabbed her,” the victim’s husband told ABC7.
EMS rushed the victim to Elmhurst Hospital, where she remains hospitalized in stable condition.
Surveillance video from the attack appeared to show Valencia Ponce dressed in black and walking down the sidewalk. Police sources believe the suspect chose to turn himself in after the video was disseminated in the press.
