Robbery At Stamford Mall: Incident #1

Teenager stabbed during robbery attempt at mall
By Angela Carella Assistant City Editor March 10, 2008

STAMFORD - A 17-year-old Stamford youth was stabbed in the shoulder yesterday during an attempted robbery in a restroom at the Stamford Town Center mall.

The young man was expected to be released from Stamford Hospital after a few hours, Sgt. Richard Phelan said yesterday evening.

The knife "just missed an artery," Phelan said. "He's very lucky."

The incident occurred at about 5:25 p.m. when the teen walked into the men's room on the fifth floor of the mall, outside the Saks Fifth Avenue store, police said.

"He was followed in by two males who announced it was a robbery," Phelan said. "They demanded his wallet and they had a knife."

The teen called out to his friend, who was in the men's room, and one of the robbers stabbed him once in the right shoulder, Phelan said.

No other details were available yesterday evening as police pursued two male suspects in their late teens.

Police were reviewing videotapes from mall security cameras to obtain more information, Phelan said.

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