Woman Bitten On The Head, Punched In Brooklyn Subway Attack: Cops

BROOKLYN, NY — Cops are searching for a man who bit and punched a woman while she was riding the subway in Brooklyn earlier this month.

The 61-year-old woman was on board a Q train heading into Atlantic Avenue station just before 6 p.m. on April 8 when the man bit her on the head and punched her multiple times, police said.

Emergency responders took the woman to the hospital, where she has since been treated and released.

The attacker got off the train at Atlantic Avenue and left the station, police said. He was caught on surveillance video heading off the subway.

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 WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.