Brooklyn, NY – A 64-year-old MTA employee was slashed in the neck late Monday night inside the Nostrand Avenue subway station, sparking a police manhunt for the suspect who fled into the darkness.
The attack happened around 10:30 p.m., when the on-duty transit worker was standing on the roadbed of the southbound tunnel. An unidentified man approached and struck without warning, cutting the victim on the left side of his neck with an unknown object before running off on foot in an unknown direction.
Emergency responders rushed the victim to NYC Health and Hospitals/Kings County, where he was listed in stable condition.
Police described the suspect as a man with a dark complexion, approximately 45 to 55 years old, standing 5’9” with a gray beard. He was last seen wearing a black hooded zip-up jacket, a white shirt with a green dollar sign logo, light blue jeans, and black sneakers.
The case remains under investigation as detectives work to track down the subway attacker.
