A series of apparently unprovoked attacks on strangers in New York City continued over the weekend. An unidentified black assailant hit another man in the back of the head with a hammer on a Manhattan subway platform.
The attacker seemed to swing his hammer with all his strength and hit his 44-year-old victim so hard that the bleeding man fell on the rails. The police posted a message on Twitter on Sunday showing a video clip of the incident and sought the public’s help in identifying the perpetrator.
🚨Wanted attack: August 21, 21, at approximately 9:08 PM, Union Sq subway station “N/R” line @NYPD13PCT Manhattan. The dispute with 44 Y/O male vic resulted in the suspect hitting him on the head with a hammer. Any information call or DM NYPDTips, call 800-577-TIPS. The reward is up to $3,500. pic.twitter.com/RIajhIEkdM
-New York Police Department Fight Crime Hotline (@NYPDTips) August 22, 2021
The attack occurred at Union Square subway station after 9pm on Saturday night. The attacker appeared to be a black man with a beard, wearing a white baseball cap and wearing a print with ” “I am black history.” The victim was pulled off the rails by other subway passengers and was taken to a local hospital for head injuries.
The police told the New York Post that before the attack, the suspect told another man that “Don’t look at me. If you get closer, I’ll hit you.” When the man walked away, the assailant walked to a nearby bench and took a hammer from his bag. Then he came back and hit the victim with a hammer from behind.
This incident marks the latest in a series of terrible attacks on pedestrians in New York in the past week. Last Sunday, a black man was later arrested and identified as Aaron Garcia. He attacked 50-year-old Miguel Solozana with a gun. ax At the bank ATM. Allegedly, Garcia threatened other New Yorkers in recent days, one of which was the use of a hammer.According to reports, the police told another bank customer that he allegedly threatened Garcia with an axe. “hunt” with “Want to hurt others.”
The man was attacked by a robber with an axe in New York City! Warning: graphics! The police have released this video and ask you to help identify this criminal! It happened in a Chase Bank in Manhattan’s financial district. pic.twitter.com/OB38pwwYzh
-Perez (@ThePerezHilton) August 19, 2021
The hammer attack at Union Station was the second such incident on a New York subway platform in two days.On Friday, a black man waving Metal rod Beat a 58-year-old woman at Station G on Church Avenue in Brooklyn. Like the other two attacks, the man walked over from behind before swinging his weapon. Police said he repeatedly beat the woman on the head, legs and arms. Like the suspect who wielded the hammer, the attacker who wielded the metal rod is still at large.
There has been a surge in unprovoked attacks in New York City, especially this year’s attacks against Asians, including an incident in May in which a black woman attacked two Asian women with a hammer in Times Square.
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