22-year-old attacked on subway by man shouting anti-gay slurs, police searching for suspect
The NYPD is looking for a man who brutally attacked a 22-year-old during what’s being investigated as a hate crime. Police have since released a video of the March 19 incident that shows the victim sitting on the train when a man sat across from him and started to make threatening remarks. The subway was approaching the 190th Street station at around 2:22 p.m. when the suspect began to verbally and physically attack the man, ABC News reported.
“I wish I had my pepper spray,” the suspect can be heard saying. The suspect then says, “I have to start carrying my pepper spray” before spitting at the victim again, police said.
Once the victim got up, that’s when the suspect charged at him. The suspect grabbed the victim’s hair and punched him multiple times in the face.
After ripping the victim’s hair, the suspect made a homophobic comment saying “I’m sick of all you (expletive).”
The victim was later taken to a nearby hospital with cuts to his head and a loss of hair from the assault.
The NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force is investigating the incident ABC 7 reports.
“While we are by no means out of the woods, and there is a lot of progress that needs to be made on subway safety, I just want to acknowledge that the work has begun,” MTA chairman and CEO Janno Lieber said. “Serious effort is underway.”
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