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A woman was brutally beaten with her own cane inside a Manhattan subway station, police said, and the shocking attack was captured on video. The terrifying incident happened just after 3 a.m. Friday, according to the New York Police , at the 2/3 station at West 116th Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem.New York Police Traffic Chief Michael Kemper said the man began hitting the woman with his cane “dozens of times” since beating her with a belt, hitting her on the head and body during the attack, which lasted approximately two minutes.
NEW YORK — A woman was brutally beaten with her own cane inside a Manhattan subway station, police said, and the shocking attack was captured on video.
The terrifying incident happened just after 3 a.m. Friday, according to the New York Police, at the 2/3 station at West 116th Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem. The victim, a 60-year-old woman, argued with the suspect as they walked up the stairs of the station.
That’s when the suspect, a 43-year-old man (pictured below), began hitting the woman repeatedly. New York Police Traffic Chief Michael Kemper said the man began hitting the woman with his baton “dozens of times” and hitting her with a belt, hitting her on the head and body during the attack that lasted. about two minutes.
New York police said the 43-year-old man attacked a woman in a Harlem subway station, using a belt and his baton while punching the victim.
Video showed the woman immobile until the man finally stopped.
The suspect then went on the run and police are still looking for him. The victim was taken to NYC Health and Hospitals/Harlem with extensive bruising, but she is expected to recover.
Other travelers who viewed the video on Tuesday commented that no one seemed to intervene or offer to intervene to help the woman, and they were not surprised.
“People don’t get involved like they used to,” said Irene Richardson. “Thank God she’s alive. That’s a blessing in itself.”
An investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the NYPD Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, in Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their suggestions by logging into the website the Crime Stoppers.
2023-09-06 03:30:21
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