Cops are looking for the suspect who assaulted an elderly woman onboard an E train in Forest Hills.
Photo courtesy of the NYPD
Police from the 112th Precinct in Forest Hills are looking for a suspect wanted in connection to an unprovoked elderly assault on an E train on Monday, June 15.
A 62-year-old woman was sitting on a northbound E train approaching the 71st Avenue – Forest Hills subway station at 3:10 p.m. when a female stranger approached the victim and struck her in the head with a metal water canister, causing a laceration, police said. The suspect ran out of the station onto Queens Boulevard and fled in an unknown direction.
EMS responded and transported the injured woman to Long Island Jewish Forest Hills-Northwell Health, where she was listed in stable condition.
The unprovoked attack happened on an E train approaching a Forest Hills subway station. Courtesy of MTA
The NYPD released surveillance images of the suspect and described her as having a dark complexion and wore a black sweatshirt, blue jeans and red and white sneakers, and she carried a gold metal water canister that she allegedly used to bludgeon her victim.
A reward of up to $3,500 is being offered for information that leads to her arrest and indictment.
Anyone with information regarding this elderly assault investigation is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are strictly confidential.
Through June 21, the 112th Precinct has reported 79 felony assaults so far in 2026, four fewer than the 82 reported at the same point last year, a decline of 3.7%, according to the most recent CompStat report. Transit crimes are down significantly in the precinct, with eight reported so far this year, nine fewer than the 17 reported at the same point in 2025, a decrease of 52.9%, according to CompStat.