Shots Fired After Dispute Over Man Urinating On 14th St. Platform

West Village NY

27 October, 2020

10:58 AM

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GREENWICH VILLAGE, NY — Police are looking for a man and woman wanted in connection to a shooting that took place at the 14th Street Station after the pair confronted a man for urinating on the platform. Cops released photos Tuesday of the man and woman they want to speak to about the Greenwich Village attack. The pair approached a 24-year-old man who was peeing on the northbound platform at the 14th Street and 7th Avenue subway platform at 5:50 p.m. on Oct. 18, according to police. The man immediately got in a yelling match with the 24-year-old over his choice to relieve himself on the platform, police said. Words then turned to violence, as the man fired off multiple gunshots at the victim, hitting the 24-year-old in the neck and back, according to police. The man and woman then fled on the northbound 1 train and exited at 18th Street and 7th Avenue, police said. The gunshot victim walked himself to the Lenox Healthplex Hospital in stable condition. The walk from the 14th Street train platform to Lenox Health is 194 feet, according to Google Maps. The investigation to find the gunman remains ongoing. Man Walks To ER After Getting Shot In The Neck On Train Platform