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Stranger bashes woman in head with baseball bat in apparently random NYC attack: cops

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Published Feb. 26, 2024, 4:24 p.m. ET

A stranger bashed a 25-year-old woman in the head with a baseball bat in an apparently unprovoked attack in Chelsea this month, cops said as they released the first images of the brute.

The victim was walking on Seventh Avenue near West 23rd Street around 10 p.m. Feb. 8 when the menace suddenly struck her with the weapon, authorities said.

The senseless assault left her with a cut and bruising, and she was taken to Lenox Hill Hospital, where she was listed in stable condition, police said.

Surveillance footage shows the assailant walking on the sidewalk clutching the baseball bat.
The male attacker bashed the victim with a baseball bat on Seventh Avenue near West 23rd Street, cops said. NYPD

Video released late Sunday shows the backpack-wearing attacker clutching the black bat as he sauntered down the street.

He was last seen wearing a black jacket, gray pants, a blue knit hat, and gray sneakers.

Area surrounding 229 7th Avenue
The victim was hospitalized with a cut and bruising. Google Maps

He had not been caught by Monday. 

Anyone with information on the vicious crime is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). 

The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on X @NYPDTips.