A 57-year-old woman was hit in the head with a hammer several times and robbed in one of the latest violent crimes in a New York subway station, police said.
Highlights
- The woman’s family identified her as Nina Rothschild, a scientist for the New York City Department of Health.
- She was attacked about 11 p.m.
- Thursday by a 6-foot tall male wearing a dark jacket, bluejeans and holding a cane, police say.
- Police are searching for a suspect who kicked the woman and struck her “numerous times” and fled on foot with her purse.
- “This is an unprovoked, brutal and appalling crime on a woman who was just trying to get home after a day’s work,” police chief says.