7 train rider assaulted in Jackson Heights after she asked woman to move away from her: NYPD

Police from the 115th Precinct in Jackson Heights and Transit District 20 are looking for a mean lady who allegedly assaulted a woman she was arguing with on a 7 train on the night of Saturday, Jan. 24.

Police say the 36-year-old victim was riding in a Manhattan-bound 7 train approaching the Jackson Heights-74th Street transit hub on Roosevelt Avenue at around 8:20 p.m. when a stranger entered her car and brushed up against her. The two women became involved in a verbal dispute when the victim asked the perpetrator to move. The stranger became irate, punched her multiple times in the face and kicked her repeatedly, according to a law enforcement source.

The suspect remained on the southbound 7 train after the victim got off at the station. She suffered a concussion but no broken bones, the police source said…

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