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Subway Rider Slices Elderly Man's Head With Her High Heel, NYPD Says

By Maya Rajamani | September 29, 2016 12:55pm
 A straphanger cut a 75-year-old passenger’s head with her high heel after the two got into an argument, the NYPD said.
A straphanger cut a 75-year-old passenger’s head with her high heel after the two got into an argument, the NYPD said.
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MANHATTAN — A straphanger sliced a 75-year-old man’s head with her high heel shoe after the two got into an argument on the subway, the NYPD said.

The 75-year-old victim was riding a southbound 2 train around 11:45 a.m. on Aug. 19 when he and the suspect started arguing, police said.

As the train pulled into the Times Square-42nd Street station, the woman hit the man on the head with her high heel, causing the cut, the NYPD said.

The attacker fled the station, while the victim was taken to Lenox Hill Hospital for treatment, police said.

The suspect was described as approximately 25 years old, 120 pounds, 5-foot-7 with brown eyes, long black hair and was last seen wearing a white dress, the NYPD said. 

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.