NEW YORK (PIX11) — A 74-year-old man was attacked on his way into a Brooklyn subway station on Wednesday afternoon, police said Sunday.
The suspect punched the victim in the face near the entrance to the A/C train station at the corner of Fulton Street and Nostrand Avenue at around 1:30 p.m., according to the NYPD. The man was taken to the hospital with head and face injuries, police said.
The assailant was last seen running northbound on Nostrand Avenue and remained at large, as of Sunday morning.
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