NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — The NYPD was searching Friday for a man who threw an object at an NYPD officer’s head inside a Bronx subway station, leaving him hospitalized.
The attack happened shortly before 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Fordham Road B/D station in Fordham Heights.
Two uniformed officers approached the man—identified as 41-year-old Sergio Santiago—because he was suspected of an earlier assault in the 44th Precinct.
The suspect has been identified as 41-year-old Sergio Santiago.
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As they engaged him, he hurled a blunt object at the officer’s head and fled on foot, police said.
The object struck the officer, who was left with a non-life-threatening head laceration, police said. He was transported to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition.
No arrests have been reported as the investigation continues.