Straphanger Slashed For Refusing To Buy Stranger Metrocard: NYPD

Harlem NY

11 December, 2020

10:32 AM

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HARLEM, NY – Police are seeking the public's helping locating a man in connection with an assault at a subway station in Harlem earlier this week. On Monday just after 5 p.m., the suspect approached a 51-year-old man on the mezzanine level of the 110th Street subway station and slashed him with a sharp object in the face when the man refused to purchase a MetroCard for him, police said. The victim suffered a severe laceration to his face and was transported in stable condition by EMS to NYC Health & Hospitals/Harlem. According to police, the suspect left the station and has not been located. 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 Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.