Man Breaks Arm in Fight After Being Tossed Over Subway Turnstile

WEST VILLAGE, NY — Two men got into a fight in the Houston Street 1 station with one of them ending up tossed over a subway turnstile and in the hospital with a broken arm.

Police said the incident took place on Sept. 22 at 3:40 a.m. when a 20-year-old man was waiting outside for an Uber when the suspect rode up and demanded cash. The 20-year-old refused and walked away toward the West Houston Street subway station. The suspect followed him, police said, and the two got into a verbal argument in the subway stop. The suspect then tossed the man over a turnstile and he landed on the concrete platform and broke his arm. He went to Bellevue Hospital on his own to be treated for the injury, police said.

According to a police spokesperson, the suspect knew the individual from social media but was not aware of his actual name. Police provided a photo of the suspect from his social media account in which he's wearing a "RE2PECT." hat, sold in the wake of Derek Jeter's retirement from the New York Yankees.

The attacker is described by police as having a light complexion, about 20 to 30 years old, and brown eyes and black hair.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS or for Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

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