Crime & Safety
Hateful Would-Be UWS Subway Robber On The Loose, Police Say
A man armed with a knife spewed an anti-Hispanic slur when he tried and failed to rob a straphanger Easter Sunday, police said.
UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — A man used a knife, and a hateful slur, in a failed attempt to rob an Upper West Side straphanger Easter Sunday, police said.
As a 48-year-old man rode an Uptown-bound 2 train rolling into the 96 Street subway station, a stranger wearing a yellow jacket walked up to him, police said.
The stranger pulled out a knife and demanded money from the man, officials said, and used an anti-ethnic slur towards the man, who a police spokesperson said was Hispanic.
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The knife-wielding man then ran off to parts unknown and no property was taken, police said.
No injuries were reported.
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Police released an image of a suspect and said he appeared to be roughly 5 feet 9 inches tall.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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