Man randomly stabbed in neck with kitchen knife in BJ's parking lot; Suspect due in court
YORKTOWN, New York (WABC) -- A Westchester man is due in court Tuesday after allegedly trying to kill a man with a kitchen knife in a BJ's parking lot.
Jared Hunter Alongi, 26, is accused of stabbing a man in the neck at 11:25 a.m. in the parking lot on Crompond Road in Yorktown on Sunday.
Body camera footage shows the scene on Sunday of the nearly two-minute encounter between the officer and the knife-wielding suspect.
The 10-year veteran officer, Timothy Curtin, who made the arres,t was praised on Tuesday for his forceful yet restrained approach.
When police arrived at the scene, they said they found the stabbed victim and he was able to give police a description of his attacker.
They found the suspect allegedly leaving the scene while still holding the knife.
Officer Curtin was responding to an assault that took place in the Staples Plaza shopping center on Crompond Road.
The victim was walking at a BJ's Wholesale Club when Alongi allegedly grabbed him from behind.
The suspect took off on foot and was across the street when spotted by Officer Curtin who ordered him to the ground and took him into custody.
The 10-inch serrated kitchen knife was recovered.
The condition of the victim is not yet known.
Temporary orders of protection were issued for the victim and the witness to the stabbing.
Alongi is being held in Westchester County Jail. He's due to answer to a charge of attempted murder in the second degree in Yorktown Justice Court on Tuesday.
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