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Shocking Video: Masked Cyclist Stabs Delivery Worker In The Back With Large Knife In Woodhaven

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - A shocking attack was caught on video in Queens.

It happened at 4 p.m. Sunday at Fulton Street and Eldert Lane in Woodhaven.

Surveillance video captures the attack. It shows a delivery worker, 53, riding on bicycle when a man wearing a green hooded shirt, black pants, black sneakers and a camouflage balaclava comes riding up behind him carrying a large knife.

Woodhaven Cyclist Stabbed
(credit: NYPD)

The video shows the knife-wielding man stab the delivery worker in the back, sending him tumbling to the ground.

The attacker kept riding on eastbound on Fulton Street.

The victim was rushed to Jamaica Hospital in stable condition. Police say the wound was not life-threatening.

Police have not said if there was any altercation that may have led to the incident, or whether it is completely random.

Anyone with any information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). You can also submit a tip via their website or via DM on Twitter, @NYPDTips. All calls are kept confidential.

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