The suspect (L) and the victim (R), who was sucker-punched at a Jackson Heights subway station last month (Photos NYPD)
Nov. 11, 2021 By Michael Dorgan
Police have released video of a 66-year-old man being punched in the face in an unprovoked attack at a Jackson Heights subway station last month.
The victim was walking inside the 74th Street-Roosevelt Avenue station on Oct. 31 at around 4 p.m. when the perpetrator approached him and sucker-punched him without cause, police said.
The video shows the straphanger being hit and then slumping to the ground. Police said he suffered a broken jaw.
The suspect then fled the scene on a Flushing bound 7 train, cops said.
The assailant is described as black, between 5 feet 6 inches, and 5 feet 8 inches tall. He weighs around 160 pounds and was last seen wearing a blue-colored mask, blue headphones, a black jacket, black pants and pink sneakers.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.
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Biden’s America!!! All these white people being attacked by black people. Hate crimes in abundance. When will it end?
Looks like another “White Supremacist” is at it again. When it will it end!? /s