A subway rider misplaced a part of his finger wrestling with a chain-snatching criminal who held him up at knifepoint on a transferring Bronx prepare, police mentioned Sunday.
The 27-year-old sufferer was using an uptown No. 4 prepare when the nattily dressed criminal tried to spark up a dialog at about 5 a.m. Saturday, in response to cops.
When the straphanger went to maneuver to a different a part of the prepare the robber pulled out a knife and tried to take the rider’s necklace.
They struggled and the sufferer managed to seize the blade, severing a part of his left index finger within the course of, cops mentioned.
The mugger fled when the prepare pulled into the one hundred and seventieth St. station. The sufferer walked to BronxCare Well being and Wellness Heart for therapy.
Cops launched a photograph of the suspect Sunday and requested the general public’s assist figuring out him and monitoring him down.
He’s described as having a darkish complexion and was carrying a beige coat.
Anybody with data is requested to name Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls wil be stored confidential.
The forty fourth Precinct, the place the theft came about, has seen a 4% drop in main crime to date this yr in contrast with the identical interval final yr and an almost 21% drop in robberies, in response to NYPD data through Dec. 10.
