VIDEO: Man In Tie Beats Up Stranger In Times Square, NYPD Says

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — The NYPD is trying to identify a man seen wearing a suit and tie who was involved in a brutal beating inside the Times Square subway station.

On the night of Feb. 27, a 22-year-old man was standing on the subway platform of the Times Square subway station when an unidentified man approached him from behind and assaulted him, police said.

During the seemingly random attack, the man was punched several times, thrown to the ground and then kicked while on the platform floor, police said.

The victim suffered bruising and swelling to his face and two chipped teeth, police said.

The suspect (pictured above) is described as a man in his 30s standing 6-feet-tall and weighing about 240 pounds, police said. The man was last seen wearing a gray overcoat, a white shirt with a dark colored striped tie, dark colored pants and black shoes, police said.

Police did not provide a possible motive for the violent assault.

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

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