Cops Release Disturbing Video of Random Hammer Attack in NYC Subway
Tina Moore, New York Post, August 22, 2021
Video captures a maniac striking a Manhattan straphanger on the head with a hammer, leaving the bleeding victim on the tracks — all because the rider looked at the suspect the wrong way, cops said Sunday.
“Don’t look at me!” the attacker barked at the 44-year-old stranger, who was waiting on the platform for the N/R line at Union Square Station around 9 p.m. Saturday {snip}
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“The victim tries to get away, and the perp comes back with a hammer and hits him,” a police spokesman said.
The injured man fell to the tracks but was pulled to safety by good Samaritans, cops said.
This is the suspect in a vicious and unprovoked attack last night at the Union Square station on the N/R line. This man attacked a rider with a hammer and our @NYPDDetectives would like your help identifying him. Please ☎️ @NYPDTips at 800-577-TIPS with any information. pic.twitter.com/TVh7IAYHsL
— NYPD Transit (@NYPDTransit) August 22, 2021
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