Police: 16-year-old slashed on 2 train in Melrose

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Police say a 16-year-old boy was slashed on the left backside of the head in Melrose. The incident happened at 2 a.m. inside of a 2 train cart. The NYPD says the teen got into an argument with a man before the slashing. Transit crime is up in the Bronx by almost 15%, with 218 incidents happening to date. Thirty-one of those incidents happening within the last month. The investigation remains ongoing, and police are looking for a man who was last seen wearing a black hoodie with sweat pants and red and black sneakers. "