Man Slashed With Bottle On UWS Train For Playing Music, NYPD Says

UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — A man was assaulted early Wednesday morning on a train passing through the Upper West Side when he refused a request to stop playing music, an NYPD spokesman said.

The 61-year-old victim was riding a southbound 2 train that was passing the Wests 86th Street and Broadway station around 4:50 a.m. when he was hit over the head with a broken bottle by an unknown man, police said. The attacker had asked the man to stop playing his harmonica, but the victim refused and a dispute ensued, police said.

When the train stopped at West 72nd Street, EMS aided the victim and transported him to an area hospital in stable condition, police said.

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The suspect fled the scene and has not been released, police said. Police could not offer identifying details about the suspect.

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