{"id":159211,"date":"2026-03-10T14:56:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/159211\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T14:56:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:56:40","slug":"nypd-crossing-guard-punched-by-stranger-in-unprovoked-bronx-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/159211\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD crossing guard punched by stranger in unprovoked Bronx attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An NYPD crossing guard guiding children across a Bronx intersection <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NYPDTips\/status\/2031308637860253866?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">was punched by a stranger during an unprovoked attack<\/a>, police said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The 46-year-old victim was at her post at the rain-swept corner of Gerard Ave. and E. 167th St. in Highbridge when a young man in a black North Face puffer jacket stormed up to her about 8:15 a.m. Thursday .<\/p>\n<p>He punched her in the chest without saying a word before running off, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>Medics treated the victim at the scene after she called 911. She took herself to a local hospital for further treatment a few hours later, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>Police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2022\/12\/26\/elite-nypd-squad-uses-surveillance-video-to-track-and-catch-criminals-we-take-a-lot-of-pride-in-our-work\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recovered surveillance footage<\/a> of the suspect, his face partially obscured by his hood, near the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Cops on Tuesday released the footage in the hopes someone recognizes him.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect is described as Black and in his late teens or early 20s with a light mustache. He was wearing the black jacket and blue jeans and was carrying a black backpack.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to call <a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime Stoppers<\/a> at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An NYPD crossing guard guiding children across a Bronx intersection was punched by a stranger during an unprovoked&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,262,263,266,85,267,9,24,264,12,63,261,265,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-159211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-sub-county-region","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159211","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=159211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}