Sleeping Man Attacked, Slashed In The Face At NYC Station: NYPD

QUEENS, NY — Police are searching for two young men who attacked and slashed a 42-year-old man who was sleeping at a Queens train station last week.

The incident happened on Oct. 10 inside the Sutphin Boulevard train station around 2 p.m., police said.

The victim was sleeping on a bench when he was awakened by the two men, who proceeded to punch the victim in the head and slashed him in the face multiple times with a knife, police said.

The two suspects took the victim's cellphone and $500, police said.

EMS transported the victim to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in stable condition.

Anyone with information in regard to 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.