{"id":153936,"date":"2026-03-05T13:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T13:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/153936\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T13:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T13:35:08","slug":"manhattan-maniac-launches-unprovoked-attack-sucker-punches-two-women-in-one-minute-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/153936\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan maniac launches unprovoked attack, sucker-punches two women in one minute: cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"755\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-05-at-8.19.50-AM.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"Image of Manhattan maniac who sucker-punched women on Upper West Side\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Manhattan maniac launches unprovoked attack, sucker-punches two women in one minute: cops 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A Manhattan maniac who sucker-punched two women inside of a minute during an unhinged attack earlier this week remains at large, police reported.<\/p>\n<p>Screenshot from video courtesy of NYPD<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/amny.com\/manhattan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Manhattan<\/a> maniac who sucker-punched two women inside of a minute during an unhinged attack earlier this week remains at large, police reported.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nyc.gov\/nypd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NYPD<\/a> released images Wednesday night of the suspect behind the assault, which occurred just before 8:25 p.m. on March 3 on West 60th Street near Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side.<\/p>\n<p>Police reported that the brute approached a 31-year-old woman and, without any prior interaction, punched her to the face, sending her tumbling to the ground. <\/p>\n<p>Seconds later, cops said, the perpetrator walked up to a 27-year-old woman, punching her with a closed fist and causing a laceration to her nose. Both attacks were without prior provocation.<\/p>\n<p>Following the attacks, authorities said, he made a run for it eastbound on West 60th Street toward Amsterdam Avenue.\n<\/p>\n<p>Officers from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypd20pct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">20th Precinct<\/a> and EMS raced to the scene. Medical staff treated the 27-year-old on scene. The 31-year-old woman was not hospitalized.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137835436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RMA-544-26-Assault-20-Pct-03.03.26-photo-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"512\" title=\"Manhattan maniac launches unprovoked attack, sucker-punches two women in one minute: cops 2\"\/>A maniac went on an unhinged rampage on the Upper West Side this week, punching two women in unprovoked attacks less than a minute apart.NYPD<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was last seen wearing a tan jacket and black pants. Police have released surveillance photos of him in hopes that he will be recognized.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding this incident or the suspect\u2019s whereabouts can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a>, or on X (formerly Twitter)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypdtips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@NYPDTips<\/a>. All calls and messages are kept confidential.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Manhattan maniac who sucker-punched two women inside of a minute during an unhinged attack earlier this week&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[63829,63830,211,303,75,84,83,9,24,63,103,104],"class_list":["post-153936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-20th-precicnt","tag-and-the-upper-west-side","tag-assault","tag-crime","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}