NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – Police are searching for a woman who struck an on-duty NYPD officer in the head with a shoe during a skirmish at a burger joint in Queens this week.
The officer and other uniformed cops were responding to a disorderly group at Chubby Burgers & Chicken on Steinway Street in Astoria around 3 a.m. Sunday, police said.
While in the fray, the officer was hit in the head with a shoe, video shows.
The officer suffered pain and bruising to his forehead. EMS took him to Elmhurst Hospital in stable condition.
Police said the woman fled on foot. The NYPD released video of her with and without her wig and jacket.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
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