MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) — Police are searching for a suspect after a woman was stabbed in the head on board a subway train in Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon.
The incident happened on a southbound No. 4 train around 1:50 p.m.
Police say the train was near Lexington Avenue and East 59th Street at the time of the incident.
The victim, a 57-year-old woman, was involved in a verbal dispute with an unidentified individual, according to the NYPD.
EMS transported the victim to a local hospital in stable condition.
Police say that the suspect, who fled the station, is a woman around 25 years old and 5’3”. She was last seen wearing a maroon jacket and gray pants.
The NYPD released the following surveillance photo of the suspect.
Credit: NYPD
Anyone with information is asked to contact the police.
Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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