Credit: DCPI
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NEW YORK (77WABC) — The NYPD is looking for a man who kicked a 57-year-old woman down the stairs and bashed in the head with a hammer multiple times before robbing her Thursday night.
The woman walked into the Queens Plaza subway station in Long Island City around 11:30 p.m. and was attacked from behind. Cops say the attacker pulled out the hammer after kicking her down the stairs and hit her with it multiple times in the head before taking her purse and fleeing.
Officers found the woman lying on the ground with trauma to her head. EMS brought the victim to New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in critical condition.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
