Crime & Safety
Woman Slaps Straphanger In The Face With A Taser: NYPD
A dispute over a subway seat turned violent on a Queens-bound A train in Crown Heights Monday, police said.
CROWN HEIGHTS, NY — A subway seat dispute turned violent Monday on a Queens-bound A train in Crown Heights when a woman hit another passenger in the face with a taser, according to NYPD.
The fight broke out Monday at about 5 p.m. on an A train approaching the Utica Avenue subway station after a woman approached the 59-year-old man and picked a fight, according to NYPD.
The fight turned physical and the woman hit the man in the face with her taser, sending him to the hospital with an injury on his face, police said.
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The woman fled the station and police made no arrests by Friday, according to NYPD.
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