Police said Monday they\u2019re looking for a man who used a baseball bat to attack a 40-year-old man at a subway station in the Bronx, sending him to the hospital.<\/p>\n
The incident happened in the mezzanine of the Kingsbridge Road station on the B and D lines in Fordham Manor shortly before 6 p.m. last Thursday, according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n
Officials said the assailant approached the man and struck him with the bat in his face multiple times.<\/p>\n
The two did not appear to know each other, police said, adding that they are still investigating a potential motive for the attack.<\/p>\n
Authorities said the suspect fled the station on foot in an unknown direction.<\/p>\n
Emergency medical workers took the 40-year-old to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition.<\/p>\n
Police said the suspect was last seen wearing a black jacket, brown hooded sweatshirt, green pants and black baseball cap.<\/p>\n
Officials said they\u2019re also still investigating a separate attack on the subway last week, in which a 51-year-old man was stabbed and wounded<\/a> at Lower Manhattan\u2019s Broadway\u2013Lafayette Street station on the B, D and F lines after 5 a.m. Wednesday.<\/p>\n The NYPD released surveillance photos showing the man wanted in connection with the incident wearing a black jacket, a black hood and a blue or gray backpack. Officials described him as about 6\u20194\u201d and in his 30s.<\/p>\n The 51-year-old was hospitalized in stable condition with knife wounds to his back, and the assailant fled in an unknown direction, police said.<\/p>\n