{"id":296936,"date":"2026-07-15T19:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T19:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/296936\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T19:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T19:44:08","slug":"stranger-shoves-man-into-nyc-train-in-terrifying-random-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/296936\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranger shoves man into NYC train in terrifying random attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A stranger shoved a man into a moving Bronx train \u2014 without saying a word \u2014 in a vicious random attack last month, cops and sources said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The 47-year-old victim, who hasn\u2019t been identified, was waiting on the southbound platform at the Fordham Road\/Grand Concourse station around 2:20 p.m. June 27 when the unhinged attacker pushed him into an arriving D train, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The shove was unprovoked and the assailant \u2014 who did not know the victim \u2014 said nothing to him beforehand, according to authorities and sources.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.77777778;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39991334\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1420-hours-victim-47-year-134485310.png\" alt=\"The attacker randomly pushed the victim, 47, as a southbound train pulled into the Fordham Road\/Grand Concourse station around 2:20 p.m. June 27, police and sources said.\u00a0\" class=\"wp-image-39991334\"  \/>The attacker randomly pushed the victim, 47, as a southbound train pulled into the Fordham Road\/Grand Concourse station around 2:20 p.m. June 27, police and sources said.\u00a0 NYPD<\/p>\n<p>The victim did not fall onto the tracks, but he hit his head on the moving train car, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition with injuries to his mouth and face, authorities said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the suspect fled on foot and remains on the loose more than two weeks later, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Blurry surveillance footage shows the lanky suspect pacing around the subway car wearing a white undershirt and dark-colored pants.<\/p>\n<p>Major crime in the city\u2019s subway system was down by about 1% in June, compared to last year, according to NYPD data released earlier this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But felony assaults, specifically, were up by 20 incidents in the month, according to the department.<\/p>\n<p>Felony assault arrests on the rails also increased by 9% through the first six months of the year, the department said.<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD is asking anyone with information on the late June attack to call the NYPD\u2019s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at <a 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