Man bashed with metal pipe in NYC subway attack caught on camera
Source: ABC News
By DOMINICK PROTO
Jul 9, 2018, 5:49 PM ET
An anonymous tip led to the arrest of a suspect allegedly caught on video hitting another man with a metal pipe on a New York City subway, authorities said.
"This man, wanted for a vicious attack with a pipe on the subway, was taken into custody last night," NYPD Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea tweeted Monday.
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The incident occurred around 11:15 p.m. Saturday when a 59-year-old man got into a verbal dispute with a then-unidentified man on a subway train in downtown Manhattan. It "escalated into a physical altercation resulting in the individual striking the victim in the face with a metal pipe," police said.
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The victim had a fractured skull and broken eye socket, police said. He was taken to a hospital in serious but stable condition.
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