BREAKING: Hammer-wielding subway attacker fractures skull of woman, 57, on way home from NYC Health Dept. job, kicks her down stairs in terrifying ambush a week after new transit safety plan debuts, senior NYPD official tells MylesMill
A 57-year-old woman who works as a researcher for the city's Department of Health was kicked down the stairs and bashed in the head with a hammer repeatedly before being robbed Thursday at the Queens Plaza subway station in Long Island City, according to a senior NYPD official and authorities.
The victim was on her way home from work when she was attacked as she walked into the station shortly before 11:30 p.m., the senior official said. She was ambushed from behind by the stranger, who cops say pulled out the hammer after kicking her down the stairs and hit her with it multiple times in the head.
He then took her purse, which had some cash, two phones, two rings and credit and debit cards, and fled the scene. It's not clear if any words were exchanged. Officers found the woman lying on the ground with trauma to her head. EMS brought the victim to New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where she was said to be critically injured with a fractured skull and brain bleeding.
No arrests have been made at this time and the investigation remains ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.-- one designed to both mitigate recent spikes in violence in the transit system and intensify homeless outreach as the city looks to encourage a rebound of subway use post-COVID., saying it would target six priority lines to start -- the A, E, 1, 2/ 3 , N, R and 7 -- and include additional police and social services worker deployment.
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