New York City Police on Hunt for Backstabbing Beauty Who Plunged a Pair of Scissors Into Photographer’s Back

The New York City Police Department is trying to locate a mystery woman who stabbed a photographer in the back this month.

It all happened on May 5, when a shutterbug told police he was snapping photos in front of Sounds of Brazil, a popular restaurant and nightclub in the city’s SoHo neighborhood.

A woman then approached the 36-year-old man and the two got into a verbal altercation about some undisclosed matter, according to an NYPD spokesperson.

Things escalated between the pair and the woman punched the man in the shoulder with a closed fist, the spokesperson said.

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Then, according to the NYPD spokesperson, the woman pulled out a pair of scissors, stabbed the man in the back, and fled down the street before disappearing into a nearby subway station.

Police are now on the hunt for a female with a light complexion who was last seen wearing black shoes, a black jacket and a black bag.

She was also seen carrying her tan shears in an image released by police of her entering the subway.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website or on X @NYPDTips.