Crime & Safety

Boombox Bash In Times Square Subway: Police

A man was arguing with a pair inside the Time Square Subway station when one slammed him with a portable speaker, officials said.

The man was slammed in the face with a portable speaker, according to police.
The man was slammed in the face with a portable speaker, according to police. (Peter Senzamici/Patch)

MIDTOWN, NY — An argument between a man and two others in a subway station abruptly ended when one slammed the other in the head with a portable speaker, police said.

The boombox bash happened on Tuesday just after 9 p.m. inside the Times Square subway station, according to officials.

As the man's argument with the pair escalated, one swung and hit another, a 38-year-old, in the head with a portable speaker, police said.

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The other two men fled the station, police said, who described the duo as both five foot seven inches, about 150 pounds, light complexion, wearing sunglasses, blue jeans and carrying book bags.

First responders treated the bashed-up man who was brought to Bellevue Hospital for minor injuries, officials said.

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

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