HIGHBRIDGE, Bronx (WABC) -- A 22-year-old man was identified as a suspect in a stabbing at a Bronx subway station, across from Yankee Stadium, in a dispute over subway swipes.
The incident happened around 2:15 p.m. at the bottom of the stairs leading to the station, near the turnstile.
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According to the New York City Police Department, Diarra Siby got into the dispute with a man in the walkway to the 161st St.-Yankee Stadium subway station just after 2 p.m. Tuesday.
The victim was stabbed multiple times in the chest and abdomen. He was taken to Lincoln Hospital where he is serious but stable with a collapsed lung.
The two were allegedly arguing about a subway swipes one of them was selling on the way to the turnstile.
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The suspect fled the scene.
The station is near Yankee Stadium in the Highbridge section and serves the B, D and 4 lines.
Suspect identified in Yankee Stadium subway station stabbing. (NYPD)