Quantcast

The DNAinfo archives brought to you by WNYC.
Read the press release here.

Man Punches Victim for Wearing ‘Tight Pants' in Anti-Gay Attack, NYPD Says

By Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska | February 1, 2017 5:29pm
 Police are looking for a suspect who they say assaulted a man at a Jamaica subway station.
Police are looking for a suspect who they say assaulted a man at a Jamaica subway station.
View Full Caption
NYPD

QUEENS — Police are looking for a suspect they say called a man a “f----t” before punching and kicking him at a Jamaica subway station, authorities said.

The 27-year-old victim was leaving the Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer subway station at 9:30 p.m. on Jan. 14 when the suspect yelled at him and criticizing him for wearing “pants so tight,” police said.

The men, who did not know each other, began arguing before the suspect punched the victim in the face and kicked him, police said.

The victim, who suffered bleeding from the nose and swelling, was taken to Jamaica Hospital where he was treated and released, police said.

Police described the suspect as approximately 28 to 33 years-old, between 5-foot-7 and 5-foot-8 tall, weighing between 260 and 280 pounds.

He was last seen wearing a green hooded sweater, burgundy jacket, blue pants and a black du-rag, officials said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).