Man Attacked With Hammer At Wash Heights Subway Station: NYPD

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — The New York Police Department is looking for a man wanted in connection to a recent hammer attack within a Washington Heights train station.

A 46-year-old man was standing inside the 175th Street "A" train station at 11 a.m. on Sunday when a man ran up behind him and hit him in the head with a hammer, according to police.

The victim fled to the booth clerk window within the station for safety, and the attacker ran out of the station, police said.

The 46-year-old received brief treatment for head pain within the station, but refused further medical attention, according to police.

The seemingly unprovoked hammer attack came three days after a woman was robbed within an Inwood "1" train station in Inwood.

The NYPD released a photo Tuesday of the man they want to speak to in connection to the Washington Heights attack.

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).