Man stabbed in Central Islip on Halloween

Suffolk County Police Third Squad detectives are investigating a stabbing that occurred on Brightside Avenue, in Central Islip on Oct. 31.

A man was sitting in the driver’s seat while parked in the parking lot outside of 159 Brightside Ave., when a man approached the driver’s side door, opened the door and stabbed the victim with a knife at approximately 4:10 p.m. The suspect was wearing a Halloween mask. The victim was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Detectives are asking anyone with information on the stabbing to contact the Third Squad at 631-854-8352 or anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.