MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) – The NYPD is searching for a suspect accused of attacking a 79-year-old woman in Manhattan on Monday.
It happened on West 17th Street around 11:50 a.m. An argument broke out between the 79-year-old woman and the suspect, police said.
The suspect was accused of punching the woman in the head and face multiple times, according to authorities.
The suspect then fled the scene going west on 17th Street, police said. The woman was treated at the scene by EMS.
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Erin Pflaumer is a digital content producer from Long Island who has covered both local and national news since 2018. She joined PIX11 in 2023. See more of her work here.
