QUEENS, N.Y. — Police are searching for a suspect after a woman was groped while leaving a Queens subway station late Wednesday night.
The NYPD said the incident occurred around 10:30 p.m. as a 40-year-old woman was exiting the 46th Street-Bliss Street station when an unidentified individual came up from behind and slapped her buttocks.
The suspect immediately fled the area by boarding a Manhattan-bound “7” train, though police could not confirm the direction in which the train was traveling.
There were no injuries reported as a result of the incident, and the victim did not require medical attention at the scene.
Police did not provide a description of the suspect and have not made any arrests.
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Investigators are reviewing surveillance footage from the subway station and train platforms in an effort to identify the suspect.
“The individual fled aboard a ‘7’ train in an unknown direction,” the NYPD reported in its initial statement.
The 46th Street-Bliss Street station is located in the Sunnyside section of Queens and is served by the 7 line, which runs between Queens and Manhattan.
Authorities have asked anyone with information to contact the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline.
