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4 on 1 Subway Beatdown in Bronx

Cops Looking for Group who Assaulted Straphanger
The NYPD is looking for a group of four males who assaulted a man on a Fordham subway train. -Photo by NYPD

The NYPD is looking for a group of four males who assaulted a man on a Fordham subway train. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice

March 5, 2024


BRONX - Cops are looking for a group of males who jumped a straphanger on a Bronx subway train in what appears to be an unprovoked attack.




The NYPD released surveillance video of the four suspects all dressed in black.


At around 4 pm on February 27, a 33-year-old man was sitting on a northbound Number 4 train in Fordham. As the train approached the Jerome Avenue and West 183rd Street subway station, a group of four males surrounded the straphanger.


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Cops said without warning the four men began wailing on the straphanger. The attackers repeatedly punched the man in the head.



When the train stopped at the station the attackers ran out and fled the subway station.


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). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 



All calls are strictly confidential.




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Location: Jerome Ave & W 183rd St, Bronx, NY 10453, USA

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