A 68-year-old man was shoved to the ground and punched in the face during an early evening attack in Midtown on Monday, and police are now trying to track down the stranger who did it.
The assault happened around 6:05 p.m. near West 47th Street and Fifth Avenue, according to police. Investigators say the assailant walked up to the man, knocked him down, hit him in the face, then took off running north on Fifth Avenue. The attacker has not been identified, and NYPD Crime Stoppers is asking New Yorkers to help fill in the blanks.
NYPD Crime Stoppers has put out a wanted alert on Facebook asking anyone who saw the assault or its aftermath to speak up. The post includes contact details for anonymous tips and urges people in the area to review any surveillance footage that might have caught the suspect…