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MTA conductor slapped in face at Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Ave subway station, suspect remains at large: NYPD
MTA conductor slapped in face at Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Ave subway station, suspect remains at large: NYPD

May 5, 2025 By Bill Parry

Police from the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst and Transit District 20 are looking for a suspect who allegedly assaulted an MTA conductor in the Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street subway station on the night of Thursday, May 1.

The 29-year-old victim was in the cab of a northbound E train that was pulling out of the transit hub just before 7:30 p.m. when an unknown Hispanic man reached through the open window and slapped the conductor with an open right hand, police said.

The impact of the blow to the victim’s face caused his eyeglasses to fall onto the tracks. The assailant fled the station onto Roosevelt Avenue and ran off in an unknown direction. EMS responded to the location and the conductor was treated at the scene for dizziness and swelling to his right eye.

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