Overview
- An 18-year-old woman was shot during an attempted purse robbery on the southbound 2 and 5 platform at President Street–Medgar Evers College station just before midnight on Sunday and was taken to the hospital where she is expected to survive.
- Police say the attacker stole the victim’s purse, then fired at her before fleeing the station on foot with no arrest reported so far.
- Officers describe the suspect as a slim man in his 20s wearing a red Yankees hat with a white logo, black clothing, a black face mask and carrying a backpack.
- Detectives searched the subway station and a nearby deli overnight for surveillance video and are reviewing transit and business footage to track the shooter.
- The NYPD is asking anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers or submit tips online or by DM to @NYPDTips on X, and the case could prompt calls for more transit security as investigators continue working.