Police have made an arrest in the slashing of a man in the Bronx neighborhood of Concourse Village, bringing a suspect into custody days after an attack that had left investigators searching the borough for the person responsible. The case had added to a run of similar incidents that put a spotlight on street safety in the area.
The attack unfolded on Selwyn Avenue on July 8. It was there, authorities said, that the 53-year-old victim was slashed in the neck, in a sudden burst of violence on a residential Bronx street where residents said such incidents rarely happen.
Despite his injuries, the man was able to get himself to a nearby hospital. Police said he had been slashed in the neck but was expected to recover, a measure of relief in an otherwise alarming case that unfolded in the morning hours.
For several days the person responsible remained unidentified and at large. Investigators had released only a limited description, saying they were looking for a man who had been wearing a blue shirt at the time of the attack, and appealed to the public for any information that might help identify him.
That search came to a head on Monday morning, when police took a suspect into custody. Authorities identified him as 33-year-old Marvin Minot, of the Morris Heights section of the Bronx, and said he had been arrested in connection with the Selwyn Avenue slashing.
The charges against him reflect the seriousness with which police are treating the attack. Minot has been charged with attempted murder as well as three counts of assault, an indication that investigators view the slashing as a deliberate attempt to kill rather than a lesser altercation.
With a suspect now in custody and facing serious charges, attention turns to the court process that lies ahead. The victim, meanwhile, is expected to recover from his wounds, sparing the Concourse Village case the far graver outcome that the attempted murder charge suggests was only narrowly avoided.