Police are hunting a brute who randomly kicked an elderly woman down the staircase of a Queens subway station.
The 72-year-old woman was on a staircase at the Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue station at 11:13 p.m. Saturday when the stranger kicked her from behind, sending her tumbling backward down the staircase, the NYPD said.
A 72-year-old woman was kicked down a staircase at the Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue subway station on Saturday.
The attacker said nothing before punting the woman as she made her way toward a staircase, cops said.
The badly bruised victim was taken to NYC Health and Hospital/Elmhurst for treatment.
The NYPD shared surveillance images late Sunday of the suspect, who is believed to have fled on a northbound F train.
The photos show a dark-haired man wearing a black jacket, red shirt, blue jeans and black and white Nike sneakers.
Surveillance images of the suspect have been shared by the NYPD. It is believed the suspect hopped onto a northbound F train after the attack.
No arrests had been made as of Monday.
