{"id":333796,"date":"2026-08-31T13:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T13:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/333796\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T13:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T13:24:10","slug":"straphanger-stabbed-in-head-with-pen-inside-times-square-subway-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/333796\/","title":{"rendered":"Straphanger stabbed in head with pen inside Times Square subway station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"454\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/RMA-2227-26-Assault-14-Pct-TD-1-08-30-26-Photo-1.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"Police are on the hunt for a man who stabbed a subway rider in the head with a pen inside the Times Square subway station earlier this month.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Straphanger stabbed in head with pen inside Times Square subway station 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Police are on the hunt for a man who stabbed a subway rider in the head with a pen inside the Times Square subway station earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>NYPD<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Police are on the hunt for a man who stabbed a subway rider in the head with a pen inside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/?s=times+square\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Times Square subway station<\/a> earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>According to police sources, the attack unfolded at around 9:20 a.m. on Aug. 10 on a platform within the 42nd Street-Times Square station.\n<\/p>\n<p>Cops say a 35-year-old man was standing on the platform when he got into an argument with the suspect. Authorities say the perpetrator then pulled out a pen and stabbed the straphanger in the head.<\/p>\n<p>Following the attack, authorities said, the\u00a0suspect fled on foot. He was last seen wearing a gray shirt and light-colored pants.\n<\/p>\n<p>Paramedics and officers from <a href=\"https:\/\/nyc.gov\/nypd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NYPD Transit District 1<\/a> responded to the assault. The victim was treated on the scene by EMS for non-life-threatening injuries. Sources familiar with the investigation report that the victim has been cooperative with police but they believe the pair had known each other in some way.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-137866952\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/RMA-2227-26-Assault-14-Pct-TD-1-08-30-26-Photo-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"496\" height=\"720\" title=\"Straphanger stabbed in head with pen inside Times Square subway station 2\"  \/>Police say they are on the hunt for a man who stabbed a subway rider in the head with a pen earlier this month inside the Times Square station.NYPD<\/p>\n<p>Detectives have released surveillance images of the suspect in hopes he will be recognized.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding this stabbing 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\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are on the hunt for a man who stabbed a subway rider in the head with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[303,75,84,83,9,24,63,103,104,260,615,2027],"class_list":["post-333796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-crime","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-police","tag-stabbing","tag-subway","tag-times-square"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333796","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=333796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}