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Woman Allegedly Slashes Subway Rider With High-Heeled Shoe
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Scott Heins
Published Sep 29, 2016
Modified Sep 29, 2016
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A subway argument between two strangers devolved into violence last month when a woman slashed an elderly man with her shoe. According to police, the 75-year-old man got into a dispute with the woman on a southbound 2 train at roughly 11:45 a.m. on Friday, August 19th.
As the train pulled into the Times Square 42 Street station, police say the woman took off her shoe and struck the man with it before away through the station. The man was taken to Lenox Hill hospital and treated for a laceration to his head. (A police source tells the Daily News it was a "pointy high-heeled shoe."
The NYPD is still searching for the woman pictured here in connection with the assault. She is believed to be roughly 25-years-old, 5'7," 120 lbs with brown eyes and long black hair.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS 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 texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
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Scott Heins
Scott Heins is a freelance photo and video journalist based in New York City, and a frequent contributor to Gothamist + WNYC. His work often centers around labor rights, housing, and policing. In 2018-2019 he traveled to four states while covering a wave of public school teachers strikes, with work featured in The New York Times, The Intercept, Getty Images, Splinter, and Bloomberg Photos. Scott is a dues-paying member of the National Writers Union's Freelance Solidarity Project.
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