23 July 2026, about 1:30 p.m.
Police said a 57-year-old Asian man was stabbed near West 84th Street and Central Park West on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
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23 July 2026
Police said a 50-year-old Jewish man, later identified by CBS News New York as Moshe Grunhaus, was stabbed at West 86th Street and Amsterdam Avenue.
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23 July 2026
AP reported that both victims were taken to a hospital and were expected to survive.
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23 July 2026
AP reported that witnesses told police Morales allegedly yelled the Arabic phrase “Allahu akbar” while attacking two men separately on the Upper West Side.
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23 July 2026, about 2:45 p.m.
CBS News New York reported that police said Morales was found barricaded inside an apartment building, surrendered to officers, and was taken into custody.
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23 July 2026
AP reported that Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said there was no immediately known link between Morales and either victim.
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23 July 2026
AP reported that Tisch said the initial investigation suggested mental health may have been a factor; this is not a court finding.
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23 July 2026
CBS News New York reported that prosecutors said the first victim required specialty surgery and that Moshe Grunhaus was hospitalized with serious injuries; both were expected to recover.
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24 July 2026
CBS News New York reported that police said Morales, 51, was charged with attempted murder as a hate crime, assault as a hate crime, and criminal possession of a weapon in the case involving Moshe Grunhaus; the charges are unproven allegations.
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24 July 2026
CBS News New York reported that police said Morales was charged with attempted murder, assault, and criminal possession of a weapon in the case involving the 57-year-old Asian man, but not as a hate crime in that instance; the charges are unproven allegations.
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24 July 2026
CBS News New York reported that Morales appeared in court late Friday night, was remanded, and was due back in court on 30 July 2026.
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24 July 2026
CBS News New York reported that the U.S. Department of Justice said its Civil Rights Division is investigating the double stabbing.
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24 July 2026
CBS News New York reported that police said Morales was also charged with a hate crime in the stabbing attack on the 57-year-old Asian man; the charges are unproven allegations.
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24 July 2026
CBS News New York reported that Morales was arraigned on two counts of second-degree attempted murder as a hate crime in the attack on the two men; the charges are unproven allegations.
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30 July 2026
CBS News New York reported that Morales is due back in court on this date.
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8 September 2026
CBS News New York reported that Morales pleaded not guilty to hate-crime charges; the charges are unproven allegations.
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8 September 2026
CBS News New York reported that prosecutors said a search warrant revealed antisemitic texts on Morales' phone; this is a prosecution allegation, not a court finding.
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8 September 2026
CBS News New York reported that Morales' defense attorney did not respond to requests for comment.
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