Teen Beats 79-Year-Old Woman Outside Her NYC Home: NYPD

NEW YORK CITY — Police are looking for a teenage girl who allegedly beat up a 79-year-old woman outside a Chelsea apartment building on Monday.

The incident happened at 300 West 17th Street around 1150 a.m., police said.

The 79-year-old victim was in front of her building when she got into a verbal dispute with the suspect.

The teen suspect then punched the victim multiple times in the head and face, police said.

The suspect fled the scene on foot, heading west on 17th Street.

The victim was treated by EMS on scene, but she was not hospitalized, police said.

The NYPD released surveillance images of the suspect. The individual was last seen wearing black pants, a black coat and red sneakers.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on X @NYPDTips.