NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — An off-duty NYPD officer was stabbed in the back of the head inside the Union Square subway station on Tuesday, the department said.
The 29-year-old officer was near a turnstile leading to the N-Q-R platform around noon on Tuesday when a male of an unknown age stabbed him with a sharp object, the NYPD said.
The officer was taken to a nearby hospital in stable condition, police said.
His attacker was taken into custody at the station, the NYPD said. Charges against him are pending.
