NYPD cop stabbed, wounded in Bronx on Christmas Eve, visited in hospital by Mayor Adams

An NYPD cop was stabbed and wounded responding to a Christmas Eve Bronx 911 call, cops said Sunday.

Officer Lin Zhen was responding to a call for an emotionally disturbed person on Dekalb Ave. near E. 212th St. about 5:45 p.m. Saturday when he was knifed in the right arm.

Zhen, 34, was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital with a non-life threatening wound.

At 10 p.m. Saturday, Mayor Adams tweeted a photo of himself walking into St. Barnabas Hospital.

“Visited Officer Lin Zhen,” the mayor wrote. “He suffered a knife wound to the arm while he and his partner were responding to a person with mental health issues. Thank God they are okay.”

The 26-year-old accused stabbed was taken to North Central Bronx Hospital for evaluation. No charges were immediately filed.

Zhen works in the 52nd Precinct.