NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Police are searching for a woman they said attacked another woman who attempted to sit next to her on a Brooklyn train last week.
The incident occurred at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, September 23, aboard a Manhattan-bound N Train en route to Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center in Downtown Brooklyn, authorities said.
Officials said the victim, a 29-year-old woman, approached the suspect and asked if she could sit beside her in an open seat.
The suspect refused and the victim attempted to sit down regardless, sparking a dispute in which the victim was punched several times in the head and face, police said.”
The unidentified woman and the victim detrained separately at Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center where the victim was treated by EMS for bruising and swelling to her face and pain to her jaw.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).