Earlier this month, a 76-year-old woman was walking in Queens when she was randomly shoved to the ground in broad daylight, police said.
Authorities say the gunman approached the victim as he was crossing the intersection of 63rd Street and Queens Boulevard in Sunnyside just after 2 p.m. on August 6th.
He then, without warning, pushed her onto the concrete, injuring her lower back and right hip, police said.
The victim was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in stable condition, police said.
The assailant, seen in surveillance footage released by the NYPD late Monday, is described as a light-skinned man with a stocky build.
The man was last seen wearing a black baseball cap, a pale pink T-shirt, khaki shorts and carrying a white plastic bag.
Police say a perverted man attacked a teenager with a book in an unrelated but equally unprovoked attack last week in the Flatiron District.
According to authorities, the 18-year-old woman was walking on West 25th Street near Broadway around 9:30 p.m. on August 19th when she was hit in the face with a book by an unknown man.
The sudden blow left the victim with pain, bruising and a swollen nose, police said. She was not hospitalized.
The gunman fled eastbound on West 25th Street.
Footage released Monday night shows the shirtless suspect walking down the street with a white T-shirt draped over his shoulders, grey shorts with a book sticking out of them and white sneakers.
He remained at large on Tuesday.
Felony and misdemeanor assaults have increased across New York City so far this year, according to the latest statistics from the New York Police Department.
A total of 19,229 felony assault cases have been reported at this point in 2024, up from 18,316 at the same time in 2023, according to the data, which covers the period from Jan. 1 through Sunday.
As of Sunday, 30,990 misdemeanor assaults had been reported, up from 28,374 during the same period last year.
Anyone with information about either attack 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 information by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website. https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/or X @NYPDTips .
