NEW YORK, NY – Detectives in the Bronx are investigating an attack against a woman as a possible hate crime. According to police, at around 11:25 am on Friday, an unknown man approached a woman in the area of 120 Hugh Grant Circle and shouted anti-gay slurs.
The male suspect then punched the 25-year-old woman in the face, causing her to fall to the ground. He then fled the scene and was last seen entering a northbound 6 train nearby.
The victim was treated for minor injuries by medical personnel at the scene.
The suspect was described as a male with a dark complexion, in his late 30’s, approximately 6’1″. He was last seen wearing a white hooded sweatshirt with plastic bags around his feet, dark-colored pants wearing a mask.
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).
