A 13-year-old was randomly punched in the face by a man with brass knuckles in an unprovoked attack onboard a subway last month, the NYPD said.
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- A 13-year-old was randomly punched in the face by a man with brass knuckles in an unprovoked attack onboard a subway last month, NYPD said.
- According to police, on March 16, at around 3:40 p.m. the teen boy was on a southbound L train at the Halsey Street station, in Brooklyn, when an unknown man punched him in the face, unprovoked, with brass knuckles.
- The attack left the boy with a laceration to his eye.
A 13-year-old was randomly punched in the face by a man with brass knuckles in an unprovoked attack onboard a subway last month, NYPD said.
According to police, on March 16, at around 3:40 p.m. the teen boy was on a southbound L train at the Halsey Street station, in Brooklyn, when an unknown man punched him in the face, unprovoked, with brass knuckles.
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WATCH HEREThe attack left the boy with a laceration to his eye.
Following the attack, according to police, the unknown man exited the train and re-entered the same train a few cars down before fleeing to parts unknown.
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Police describe the suspect as a man roughly in his 30's, 6'2" tall, thin build and last seen wearing a beige sweatshirt, blue jeans and white and orange sneakers.
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Authorities ask anyone with information to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
