Police are searching for a man who allegedly slashed a fellow rider on a Queens train early Sunday.
According to the NYPD, the suspect approached the 21-year-old victim at 1:30 a.m. on Sunday morning, and slashed him with an unknown sharp object, before fleeing the train. The incident occurred aboard a northbound A train at the Beach 60th Street station in Far Rockaway.
It's unclear if anything preceded or provoked the attack. The suspect is described as a 140 pounds, 5' 8" male between 26 and 28-years-old. He was last seen wearing a red, white and blue jacket, blue jeans and white sneakers.
A source tells the NY Post the victim was slashed "from his ear to his jaw." He suffered a laceration to the face and was rushed to a nearby hospital in stable condition, police said.
Anyone with information in regards 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 by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.
