Stranger fatally stabs NYC man during broad-daylight fight over seat on MTA bus: cops

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A stranger stabbed a 41-year-old man to death in broad-daylight during a fight over a seat on an MTA shuttle bus, cops and sources said. 

Alvin Francis was riding a shuttle bus along the J train route just before 2 p.m. Sunday at Crescent and Etna Streets in Cypress Hills in Brooklyn when a feud erupted between him and a backpack-wearing passenger over seating, cops and sources said.

The enraged rider then knifed Francis in the stomach, police and sources said. 

Alvin Francis, 41, was fatally stabbed by a stranger on board a shuttle bus passing through Cypress Hills Sunday, cops and sources said. ABC 7
The two men were clashing over a seat on the bus, sources said. ABC 7

The victim was rushed to Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries, cops said.

No arrests had been made by Monday afternoon. ABC 7

He lived several miles from where he was stabbed, in Jamaica, Queens, authorities said. 

The unhinged attacker — who was still at large Monday — was last seen wearing a gray sweat suit, police said.

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