BRONX, New York (WABC) -- Police have made an arrest in the apparent bias attack of a Bronx man earlier this month.
On Monday, Kareem Ruddock, 25, of the Bronx, has been arrested and charged with felony assault and criminal possession of a weapon.
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Marquis Devereaux said he was walking at Sunset Boulevard and Neptune Lane in the Bronx around 3:30 a.m. July 10, when two men started spewing homophobic slurs at him.
He was stabbed in the left arm. He received eight stitches under his arm.
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At the time, police also were looking for a second man.
The NYPD investigated the case as a hate crime.