Crime & Safety

Caught On Video: Woman Fends Off Would-Be Purse Thief In Violent Attack At Brooklyn Subway Station

Surveillance video shows the 60-year-old victim fight off the would-be purse thief.

(Kathleen Culliton/Patch)

February 24, 2021

A violent attempted robbery was caught on video at a subway station in Brooklyn.

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Surveillance video shows the 60-year-old victim fight off the would-be purse thief.

It happened around 6:30 p.m. Sunday inside the N train station at 86th Street in Gravesend.

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