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NYPD: Two E Train Riders Attacked Boy's Mom After He Asked A Question
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Jen Chung
Published Nov 14, 2018
Modified Nov 14, 2018
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A fight broke out on an E train after a subway rider's 8-year-old son asked why another child was wearing a costume, police say. Investigators are now looking for two suspects who assaulted the child's mother.
The incident took place around 1:30 p.m. on November 2nd, in a Queens-bound E train. According to the NYPD, a 50-year-old woman's son asked her why a boy on the train was wearing a costume, prompting the boy's mother to confront the other mother.
The NY Post reports, "'Tell your f-king son not to disrespect my child,' the suspect said, according to a police source."
The police say that during the altercation, "one of the individuals placed the victim in a chokehold while the second individual punched her in the face and hit her on the head with a cell phone."
The assailants fled the train when it arrived at the the 71 Street-Continental Avenue station. The victim suffered redness, swelling, and bruising to the face but declined medical attention.
Police released video of the suspects, describing them as females around 25-30 years old; one was wearing a gray shirt, dark colored pants, a black jacket tied around her waist, with a black purse over her shoulder, while the other was last seen was wearing a red baseball cap, a blue jacket and gray sweatpants.
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 WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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