Peekskill Boy in Critical Condition After Stabbing

Peekskill - Police said 16-year-old city boy had emergency surgery on Wednesday night for a lacerated liver after a 23-year-old man stabbed him at the Crossroads Shopping Center downtown in what may have been an ongoing dispute.

The boy was admitted to the hospital shortly after the 3:15 p.m stabbing with what Lt. Eric Johansen described as "critical injuries". Johansen said police were called to the shopping plaza on a report of an altercation and arrived to find the 16-year-old victim with a stab wound to his abdomen. He was then rushed to the Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla where he had surgery for a lacerated liver and to remove his appendix.

Meanwhile, Officer Andre Wright and Johansen located a suspect - Oshea Lovett, 23, of Peekskill - about 45 minutes later on Union Avenue and then took him into custody.  Police charged Lovett with first-degree assault, a felony. He is being held without bail at the Westchester County jail and is due back in City Court later this afternoon.

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