Cops in Midtown are looking for the brute who shoved a senior onto the subway tracks at the Herald Square station on Sunday afternoon, leaving him injured.
The NYPD released images and video of the assailant sought for the shove, which occurred on the northbound F train platform at the 34th Street-Herald Square stop at about 12:14 p.m. on Dec. 15.
According to law enforcement sources, the suspect approached the 72-year-old male victim and subsequently pushed him onto the tracks in what appears to be a random assault. Following the shove, the perpetrator fled the location on foot in an unknown direction, police said.
Other straphangers rushed to the victim’s aid, helping him off the tracks before an oncoming train could arrive, according to the New York Post.
Officers from the Midtown South Precinct and NYPD Transit District 2 responded to the scene. EMS rushed the victim to Bellevue Hospital for treatment of a head laceration and soreness throughout the body; he was listed in stable condition.
The video that the NYPD released of the suspect shows him climbing over a subway turnstile. He is pictured wearing a brown hat, a dark blue bubble jacket over a black hooded sweater, black pants and black sneakers.
Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, or on X (formerly Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are kept confidential.
