Disturbing new surveillance video shows the moment an Eric Adams campaign volunteer is stabbed repeatedly in the South Bronx — as the mayoral front-runner said he planned to urge the victim to cooperate with cops.
The footage, obtained by NBC New York, shows a scuffle between the 42-year-old victim and his attacker spilling out onto the sidewalk around 2:30 p.m. — with the suspect knifing the man several times.
The attacker continues stabbing the volunteer even after he falls to the ground against a vehicle parked on Morris Avenue.
The suspect, wearing a white tank top, military fatigue pants and a red bandanna, then flees south on Morris Avenue with another man.
Earlier surveillance footage released by police showed the brutal attack from a camera at the storefront where the assault took place.
The new video is taken from a camera slightly down the street from the earlier footage.
Police later found an ice pick and a knife at the scene.
Speaking Sunday, Adams said the volunteer — who has nearly 50 arrests — was inspired by his mayoral campaign and “decided that he wanted to be a part of this movement.”
Adams said it was unclear if the victim’s role with his campaign was a factor in the attack.
On Monday, the Brooklyn borough president said he would visit the volunteer in the hospital a second time — to try to convince him to cooperate with police in the investigation.
“When I met him he said, ‘I have a long criminal record. I’ve done horrible things in my life,” Adams said. “‘I’m homeless. I’ve had a real bad life.’
“We didn’t vet him, we didn’t ask what was your criminal record,” Adams noted. “He was a volunteer. He was not a staffer. He came of the streets and he wanted help.”
Adams said the worker has since turned his life around and has had “no involvement” with the criminal justice system since 2017.
Cops are looking for both the suspect and the accomplice.
Additional reporting by Julia Marsh
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