Off-duty NYPD Officer Seriously Injured, Suspect Sketch Released

A man punched an off-duty NYPD detective on a subway platform, leaving him with bleeding on the brain. Police have released a sketch of the suspect.

Staff Writer
July 13, 2014

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Police have released a sketch of the suspect in an attack on an off-duty NYPD detective on a subway platform, reports WABC-TV.

Investigators say he punched the officer at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the 6 train station at 23rd Street and Park Avenue South in Manhattan.

The 29-year-old six-year NYPD veteran hit his head on the platform and had to be put into a medically induced coma because of bleeding on the brain, but he is now in stable condition.

The suspect is described as a Black male, early 40s, approximately 5'9", and 200 lbs. He is described as wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans.

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