Crime & Safety
Man Smashes Bottle Over Straphanger's Head In Columbus Circle: Police
A man asked a commuter for a buck, then hit him with a beer bottle on the head on Wednesday night, officials said.
UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — A man smashed another man in the head with a beer bottle inside the Columbus Circle subway station Wednesday night after asking the victim if he could spare a buck, police said.
At around 10 p.m., a 44-year-old man was standing on the downtown A/C train platform inside the 59th Street–Columbus Circle station when another man walked up to him and asked him for $1, officials told Patch.
The man then grabbed a plastic bag the 44-year-old commuter was holding and pulled it, police said.
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He then smashed the victim in the head with a beer bottle, according to officials.
Medics rushed the victim to Mount Sinai Hospital in stable condition, police said.
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An NYPD spokesperson said the suspect, who was wearing a denim jacket and a purple hat, fled to the street.
No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing, polce said.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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