Police from 103rd District in Jamaica is looking for a suspect who brutally stabbed a 43-year-old man who refused to give him a cigarette in broad daylight last week.

The victim was sitting in his car near Lowe Court and 148th Street after dropping off a relative in Jamaica shortly before 11 a.m. on Wednesday, October 23, when the man became upset after his request was ignored. The assailant pulled out a knife, leaned through the driver’s side window and stabbed the victim multiple times in his face and body, police said Monday.

A good Samaritan intervened and chased the suspect away. He was last seen walking east on Lowe Court toward 149th Street. The victim was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center by private route, where he was listed in stable condition, police said.

The NYPD released surveillance images of the suspect walking along Lowe Court, describing him as having a thin build. He wore a checkered long-sleeved button-down shirt, black shorts and dark sandals.

Anyone with information about this assault investigation 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 leave their tips by logging on to the Crime Stoppers website at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are kept confidential.

Through Oct. 27, the 103rd Precinct has reported 651 aggravated assaults so far in 2024, 109 more than the 542 reported at the same time last year, a 33.1% increase, according to the latest CompStat report.