Someone apparently stabbed a 34-year-old man to death as he slept in a Manhattan park early Tuesday, authorities say.

NYPD officers responding to a 911 call about a man stabbed near West and Christopher streets around 4:40 a.m. found the victim knifed in the stomach, cops say.

 

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He was pronounced dead at a hospital a short time later.

The preliminary investigation found the man had been stabbed as he slept, but it’s not clear why he was victimized — or by whom.

Source: 34-Year-Old Stabbed to Death While Sleeping in Manhattan Park: Cops