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Knife-Wielding Man Robs Pharmacy, Stabs Himself in Neck

By Wil Cruz | April 2, 2012 5:10pm | Updated on April 2, 2012 5:59pm
Police sources said the 31-year-old repeatedly stabbed himself in the neck at 1708 W. 12th St. in Brooklyn on April 2, 2012.
Police sources said the 31-year-old repeatedly stabbed himself in the neck at 1708 W. 12th St. in Brooklyn on April 2, 2012.
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By Nicholas Rizzi and Wil Cruz

DNAinfo Staff

BROOKLYN — An emotionally disturbed man stole dozens of prescription pills from a Gravesend pharmacy Monday and then repeatedly stabbed and slashed his own neck in an suicide attempt, police sources and witnesses said.

The 31-year-old man, who was clinging to life, entered a Rite Aid on Kings Highway about 3:30 p.m. and stole the drugs at knifepoint, police sources said.

No one at the pharmacy was injured.

The suspect dashed out and ran a few blocks to a backyard at 1708 W. 12th St., sources and witnesses said.

That's when he repeatedly cut himself in front of horrified onlookers.

Priscilla DeJesus, 29, a student, said the man stabbed himself in front of her dad in her family's backyard.

A 31-year-old Brooklyn stole dozens of prescription pills from a Gravesend pharmacy on April 2, 2012, before repeatedly stabbed himself in the nck.
A 31-year-old Brooklyn stole dozens of prescription pills from a Gravesend pharmacy on April 2, 2012, before repeatedly stabbed himself in the nck.
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"My father just ran the hell out of there," DeJesus said.

An FDNY spokesman said paramedics rushed the man to Lutheran Hospital where he was in critical condition.