By Currents News
Police are searching for a man they say vandalized a Queens church and stabbed a person who confronted him.
According to police, the suspect, seen in surveillance video, graffitied the front of Immaculate Conception Monastery Parish in Jamaica Estates just over a week ago. Authorities say the man also spray-painted a car in the parking lot of Immaculate Conception Catholic Academy.
When a neighbor approached him, police allege the suspect lunged at the man with a knife, stabbing him in the chest. The victim, who has not been identified, is expected to be okay.
Currents News spoke with the church’s pastor, Father James Price, about the incident. He described the actions as deeply troubling.
“Whoever this poor soul is who did this, his expression of what’s happening in his mind is all violence,” Father Price said. “It’s doing damage to a building and a property, a church, which is bad enough, and of course the Stations of the Cross, but then to use violence on another person’s property, their car, and then a person itself — it’s all about violence, violent thoughts and violent actions. What was going on in this person’s head?”
Police describe the suspect as having a light complexion. He was last seen wearing a black jacket, black pants, and a ski mask.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (1-800-577-8477).