NYPD: Man Wanted For Allegedly Choking Woman In Subway
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police are looking for a man who they said allegedly choked a woman in the subway last month.
It happened around 9:30 p.m. on June 25.
Police said 33-year-old Akeem Murphy got into a fight with a 21-year-old woman on a Queens-bound E train.
When they got off at Queens Boulevard and Union Tturnpike, police said Murphy chased the woman up the stairs, hit her in the face and started choking her. He eventually fled the scene.
Police released a picture of the suspect.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS or for Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782), visit www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or text tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
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