{"id":208326,"date":"2026-04-24T13:32:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/208326\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T13:32:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:32:41","slug":"bronx-pepper-spray-attack-woman-blasts-man-with-chemical-during-subway-argument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/208326\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronx pepper-spray attack: Woman blasts man with chemical during subway argument"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"766\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bronx-pepper-spray-04242026.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"woman sought in bronx pepper-spray attack on 2 train\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Bronx pepper-spray attack: Woman blasts man with chemical during subway argument 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Transit police in the Bronx are on the hunt for the suspect who pepper-sprayed a straphanger during a dispute on a subway train earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>File photo by Todd Maisel\/Inset courtesy of NYPD<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Transit police in the <a href=\"https:\/\/amny.com\/bronx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bronx<\/a> are on the hunt for the suspect who pepper-sprayed a straphanger during a dispute on a subway train earlier this week.\n<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD released an image Thursday of the female suspect sought for the attack that occurred on board a Wakefield-bound 2 train approaching the East 225 Street station at about 12:30 a.m. on April 20.<\/p>\n<p>Based on a preliminary investigation, police learned that the victim, a 27-year-old man, got into a verbal argument with the perpetrator. The words turned violent, cops said, when the woman pulled out a pepper-spray canister and blasted it in the man\u2019s face.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After unleashing the noxious chemical, cops said, the suspect exited the 2 train after it stopped at East 225th Street, then fled to parts unknown.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137845349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/RMA-974-26-Assault-47-Pct.TD12-4-20-26-photo.jpg\" alt=\"photo of suspect in Bronx pepper-spray attack\" width=\"524\" height=\"720\" title=\"Bronx pepper-spray attack: Woman blasts man with chemical during subway argument 2\"  \/>The NYPD released an image Thursday of the female suspect sought for the attack that occurred on board a Wakefield-bound 2 train approaching the East 225 Street station at about 12:30 a.m. on April 20.\n<\/p>\n<p>The incident was reported to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypd47pct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">47th Precinct<\/a> and Transit District 12. EMS rushed the victim to Montefiore Einstein Hospital; he was listed in stable condition. No other passengers were reported injured.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the female suspect had a medium complexion and was last seen wearing a black hat, a black jacket, a black sweatshirt, multi-colored pants and black boots.\n<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding her whereabouts can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at <a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a>, or on X (formerly Twitter) <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":"Transit police in the Bronx are on the hunt for the suspect who pepper-sprayed a straphanger during a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[33817,57068,128,784,82628,82629,9,24,25013,63,103,82630,308,67573,49661,38775,129,131,130,26214,82631],"class_list":{"0":"post-208326","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-2-train","9":"tag-assault-investigation","10":"tag-bronx","11":"tag-crime-stoppers","12":"tag-east-225th-street-station","13":"tag-late-night-incident","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-city","16":"tag-new-york-city-transit","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-nypd","19":"tag-pepper-spray-attack","20":"tag-public-safety","21":"tag-straphanger","22":"tag-subway-assault","23":"tag-suspect-search","24":"tag-the-bronx","25":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","26":"tag-the-bronx-news","27":"tag-transit-crime","28":"tag-wakefield-line"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208326","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=208326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}