Man Grabs Teenage Girl on Harlem Subway, NYPD Says

A subway attacker remains at large after beating a 15-year-old girl on a Harlem subway train, police said.

July 5, 2024 9:56 AM EDT | Update July 5, 2024 10:02 AM EDT

HARLEM, N.Y. — A gunman who attacked a teenage girl aboard a Harlem subway train remains at large, police said.

The man, who has not yet been identified, groped a 15-year-old girl's private parts as she rode a northbound “A” train near the subway station at West 125th Street and Saint Nicholas Avenue around noon on June 29, authorities said.

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According to police, an unknown man approached the teenager and forcibly touched her “private parts” over her clothes.

The man fled after what NYPD officials said police were investigating as a violent contact incident.

The teenager did not suffer any physical injuries, police said.

Authorities described the attacker as a man about 6 feet tall, weighing about 200 pounds, of medium build, wearing a gray tank top, camouflage shorts, brown sandals and carrying a white plastic shopping bag.

Police also released an image of a person they claim is linked to the incident.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).