{"id":40599,"date":"2025-11-15T15:28:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T15:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/40599\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T15:28:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T15:28:08","slug":"bronx-subway-assault-teen-slashed-by-man-in-unprovoked-attack-cops-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/40599\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronx subway assault: Teen slashed by man in unprovoked attack, cops say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bronx-subway-slashing-mta-nypd-.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"man accused of slashing teenager on board 4 train in the bronx\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Bronx subway assault: Teen slashed by man in unprovoked attack, cops say 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Cops need the public\u2019s help in finding the violent man who slashed a teenager on a subway train in the Bronx earlier this month in an apparently unprovoked attack.<\/p>\n<p>Photos courtesy of MTA and NYPD<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Cops need the public\u2019s help in finding the violent man who slashed a teenager on a subway train in the <a href=\"http:\/\/amny.com\/bronx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bronx<\/a> earlier this month in an apparently unprovoked attack.<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD released on Friday images of the perpetrator behind the assault that occurred at about 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 9 on board a Woodlawn-bound 4 train at the 183rd Street station in Fordham Heights.<\/p>\n<p>Sources familiar with the case said the victim, a 14-year-old boy, was riding the train when the suspect approached. The perpetrator was said to be swinging his arms while holding a sharp object in one of his hands.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police said the suspect slashed the boy across the left hand. The wounded teenager got off the train at 183rd Street while his attacker remained on board the 4 train as it pulled away.\n<\/p>\n<p>Officers from the <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nypd52pct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">52nd Precinct<\/a> and NYPD Transit District 11 responded to the incident. The victim refused medical attention at the scene.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137811544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RMA-2751-25-Assault-52-Pct-TD-11-11-9-25-photo-of-male.jpg\" alt=\"Bronx subway slashing suspect\" width=\"385\" height=\"713\" title=\"Bronx subway assault: Teen slashed by man in unprovoked attack, cops say 2\"  \/>Police described the suspect as a male with a dark complexion believed to be 40 years of age, with a slim build and black hair. He was last seen wearing a brown jacket and tan pants.Photo courtesy of NYPD\n<\/p>\n<p>Police described the suspect as a male with a dark complexion, believed to be 40 years of age, with a slim build and black hair. He was last seen wearing a brown jacket and tan pants.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at <a href=\"http:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a>, or on X (formerly Twitter) <a href=\"http:\/\/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":"Cops need the public\u2019s help in finding the violent man who slashed a teenager on a subway train&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[23523,128,4452,784,9378,9,24,63,791,23524,793,22608,23525,23526,6579,23527,129,131,130,23528,23529,23530],"class_list":{"0":"post-40599","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-183rd-street-station","9":"tag-bronx","10":"tag-bronx-crime","11":"tag-crime-stoppers","12":"tag-fordham-heights","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-nypd-investigation","17":"tag-nypd-transit-district-11","18":"tag-police-search","19":"tag-public-assistance-sought","20":"tag-slashing-incident","21":"tag-subway-safety","22":"tag-suspect-at-large","23":"tag-teen-victim","24":"tag-the-bronx","25":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","26":"tag-the-bronx-news","27":"tag-unprovoked-assault","28":"tag-violent-subway-attack","29":"tag-woodlawn-bound-4-train"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40599","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=40599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}