A 16-year-old girl was slashed in the face in a broad-daylight attack steps from a Bronx subway station last week, police said Tuesday.
The teen was walking on the sidewalk on White Plains Road near East 219th Street – just outside the Nos. 2 and 5 subway station – around 4 p.m. Friday when an unidentified menace approached her, cops said.
The attacker then slashed her in the face, causing a “serious physical injury,” police said.
The unidentified menace slashed the teen girl on White Plains Road near East 219th Street, cops said. NYPDThe teen was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center, where she was listed in serious but stable condition, cops said.
The masked assailant – shown in surveillance footage with his hood pulled up and carrying a backpack – is still being sought by cops.
He fled on foot southbound on White Plains Road, and then westbound on East 216th Street, police said.
The young victim was hospitalized in serious but stable condition, cops said. NYPDThe motive for the mid-afternoon crime remained unclear Tuesday.
