Elder Subway Rider Threatens Teen with Knife

Surveillance Video Captures Beret Wearing, Knife-Wielding Suspect  - NYPD Says

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with allegedly menacing a teen with a knife inside a subway car. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

NYC News Network 

November 2, 2023

NEW YORK - The NYPD is searching for a beret wearing elderly straphanger for allegedly menacing a teenager with a knife.

At around 1:30 pm on October 25, a 13-year-old male was riding a Number 1 train approaching the 66th Street-Lincoln Center subway station. An elder man approached the teen and started an argument with him.

Cops said the man displayed a knife and threatened to stab the teen.

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When the train stopped at the station, the knife-wielding suspect ran out of the car and out of the station.

The NYPD released a cell phone photo of the suspect inside the subway car.

The suspect is described as a light skinned male with a thin build. He was last seen wearing a black beret, black winter jacket and green turtleneck. He was also wearing eyeglasses.

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). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 

All calls are strictly confidential.